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TIL The oldest house in the UK is nearly 6000 years old and has stone furniture that is still intact today.

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5VGrR TIL spider legs and dicks work on the same principle
E19aW TIL Charlie Daniels, the writer of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" hated its depiction in Guitar Hero 3 because the Devil was capable of defeating the player.
QJRee TIL of an Ugandan doomsday cult whose followers surrendered their wealth to the church. After the prophesied date passed many disgruntled followers demanded their money back. The cult leaders responded by massacring over 900 of them. The leaders were never caught.
j4vj TIL that on April 1, 1974, the local residents of Sitka, Alaska woke to their nearby dormant volcano, Mount Edgecumbe, billowing out black smoke. When a Coast Guard pilot came closer to investigate, he found 70 tires burning and the words “APRIL FOOL” spray painted into the snow.
VBjPG TIL that by 2050, the Northwest Passage—once an impossible Arctic route—will become the most valuable shipping lane on Earth, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific through Canada and Greenland.