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TIL the Hoshi Ryokan hotel is one of the oldest companies in the world, founded in 718. It has been in operation by the same family for forty-six generations.

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Z8gNY TIL a fossilised tooth of an extinct species of platypus was found in Queensland. Based on the tooth's size, researchers estimate the platypus would have been about twice as large as today's platypus & dubbed it "platypus-zilla".
78V5O TIL of the British warship the HMS Shannon that captured the USS Chesapeake during The War of 1812. The Shannon’s unimpressive appearance which was on the expressed order of the captain Philip Broke, fooled the enemy into vastly underestimating her highly well trained crew.
b1ya TIL that in 2007, Quebec police sent provocateurs disguised as demonstrators to a protest at the North American leaders summit in Montebello Quebec to incite a riot and justify dispersing the otherwise legal and constitutionally protected peaceful assembly.
64xl TIL Koala fingerprints are nearly identical to human fingerprints and could even confuse crime scene experts when left at a crime scene.
69P1Y Today I learned that you can’t buy Smarties(the chocolate ones)in the US.