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TIL sharks are 90 million years older than trees

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7gvb TIL that The average citizen of Liechtenstein doesn’t even lock their door because crime in the country is so low. The last murder was 10 years ago (as of 2007).
OM16 TIL that the pinky promise originally meant is the person doesn’t keep their promise their pinky finger would be chopped off.
ZMo4 TIL almost half of Human DNA was introduced into our cells by Viruses.
Wkkp9 TIL that when the Sears magazine printers switched from a thin, newspaper-like stock to a more modern glossy paper stock, people wrote in to the company to complain that the magazine couldn't be used for toilet paper anymore.
x6VZ1 TIL: In 1999, a Minnesota man was imprisoned, fined, and put on probation for involvement in smuggling counterfeit Beanies