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TIL George Washington Never Had Wooden Teeth

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a8BoN TIL that Saturn's rings are only 100 million years old, making them younger than the dinosaurs or the Appalachian Mountains.
78ggO TIL that whales can get infected by lice and every whale species has its corresponding louse species.
Amgw TIL: “Generational Curses” may be a real thing. There was a study where mice were given a small shock to the foot at the same time as the smell of acetophenone. After 10 days, they mated. The children mice inherited a fear of the odor even though they had never been exposed to it before.
b55N TIL - Giant Iron Balls were rolled through Paris’ sewers to clear blockages.
5Vdwn TIL Hawaii is considered the bird extinction capital of the world - Since humans arrived, 95 of 142 bird species found nowhere else in the world have become extinct in Hawaii