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TIL that Daintree Rainforest in Australia is the World's Oldest Tropical Rainforest

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yQwLp TIL that Caroline Kennedy, JFK's daughter, almost became the third Kennedy to be assassinated; an IRA bomb blew up a car she would have been in if not for the British MP hosting her being delayed by a phone call from another MP
oOWK TIL You only need the first 39 digits of pi to accurately calculate the spherical volume of the universe
Z8rMD TIL that the oldest love poem ever found is on an ancient Sumerian cuneiform tablet from the 21st century BC
Oo1Z1 TIL John Mulaney helped Bill Hader develop his Stefon character on SNL after receiving an email inviting him to a club "that had everything" including "rooms full of broken glass."
brm7 TIL After murdering a man in a nightclub, Ricky Ray Rector agreed to turn himself in. Instead, he shot the negotiating officer in the back, killing him. He then attempted suicide but failed, effectively lobotomizing himself. He saved part of his last meal for “after the execution”.