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TIL that Saturn's rings are only 100 million years old, making them younger than the dinosaurs or the Appalachian Mountains.

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nWx4P TIL That Duck Testing -- where one determines who is a witch by weather or not they float in water -- was an actual thing, and not something Monty Python made up
rNR9d Today I learned it is ok to copy or reproduce the painting of a famous painter if he died more than 70 years ago
9Yker TIL Abraham Lincoln was inducted to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as an honoree for an Outstanding American award in 1992. His wrestling skills were well known during his life, having only one recorded loss in a dozen years. He even beat the New Salem county champion when he was 29 years old.
g7gW TIL that a handful of American revolutionary veterans survived long enough to have daguerreotypes taken of them
e0vn5 TIL former stage magician and skeptic of pseudoscience James Randi offered $1,000,000 to anyone who could prove their paranormal abilities under agreed-upon testing criteria. Over 1,000 people tried, and 0 were successful. It was discontinued in 2015.