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TIL: Scientists used gophers to bring plant life back to Mount St. Helens

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Y78EW TIL a category for Best Stunt Coordination was submitted to (and rejected by) the Academy Awards every year from 1991 to 2012.
xVr5g TIL that the Japanese sales flyer for Pac-Mania turned PAC into a backronym (retroactive acronym) for 'Peek Aboo Call me back me back and nuisance back'
4XdEg TIL: The Greenland Shark does not reach maturity until 100 years old (avg. lifespan 200-400 years)
xmO0 TIL there are no qualifications to being nominated to the SCOTUS. Not even age or US Citizenship. All you need to do is be “an individual”
kjbB TIL America Has Been At War 93% of the Time Since its existence which is 222 out of 239 Years.