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TIL that Crater Lake, Oregon wasn't formed by a meteor

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7rX0p TIL that the Great Wall of China, stretching over 20,000 km (13,000 miles) and built over centuries, never effectively prevented invaders from entering China.
lodlA TIL - The Holy Roman Empire fought against the United States in the Revolutionary War of 1775-1783.
rN0vw TIL the "New River" is the Oldest River in the Americas. It is also the fourth-oldest river in the world, and flows 320 miles from the Blue Ridge Mountains into Virginia and West Virginia
grDeL TIL Sun, Earth, and all of the planets in the solar system orbit around the barycenter of the entire solar system. It is the center of mass of every object in the solar system combined. The solar system's barycenter can range from being near the center of the sun to being outside of sun's surface.
5Ymd9 TIL after TJ Miller got accused of sexual misconduct and called in a fake bomb threat, Dreamworks hired an impersonator to dub over his lines in How To Train Your Dragon 3 to match his performance exactly (it had already been animated) in order to not change the film but still dissociate him from it