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TIL it rained for about 1-2 million years during the Carnian Pluvial Episode

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OGAL1 TIL About the Hurst Rescue System 1, an AMC Gremlin specially modified to transport an early version of the Jaws of Life, along with first aid and firefighting equipment. It was marketed to municipalities and race tracks as a first responder vehicle.
6wpm TIL The Netherlands may have to close five prisons due to a lack of inmates.
4kaoN TIL that Polaris (the North Star), is only 45-67 million years old. It wasn't around in the time of the dinosaurs.
GYpZE TIL that the merging of two black holes in 2015 emitted 3.6 septillion yottawatts of power, greater than the combined power of all light radiated by all the stars in the observable universe
lVZ7 TIL that a robot recently performed the world’s first autonomous soft-tissue surgery without any assistance from doctors, and did so while outperforming human doctors by every metric except for speed.