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TIL there has never been snakes in Ireland because being cold-blooded, snake couldn’t survive the frozen ground during the ice age in the past.

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PYGxJ TIL that Islam is younger than Christianity.
kORmd TIL that multiple studies have shown that CEOs with MBAs more likely to fail than non-MBA CEOs.
x6Xj0 TIL Ordinary South Korean citizens could not get a passport and travel abroad until 1989, right after the end of dictatorship. Until 1992, South Koreans who wanted to travel abroad still had to go through anti-communist education
9YeYB TIL that the Greek God Cronus was eating his children in fear of them overthrowing him. His wife Rhea did not approve. When baby Zeus was born, she gave Cronus a rock wrapped in baby clothes. Later, the grown up Zeus along with his regurgitated siblings fought together against their father and won.