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TIL: That SHARKS are OLDER than TREES.

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xVYww TIL 'Carmilla' by Irish author Sheridan Le Fanu is thought to be the earliest work of vampire fiction written originally in 1871 and pre-dates the more well-known 'Dracula' by 26 years
WkJLL TIL that in German tramp stamps are called "ass antlers" aka Arschgeweih
5Y9L8 TIL that Game of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage and his wife, Erica Schmidt, have never revealed the name of their daughter, born in 2011. Dinklage and Schmidt had a second child in 2017. The couple never revealed the name or sex of this second child.
78QQX TIL there was a time when 6 geologists were convicted of manslaughter for failing to predict a deadly earthquake in Italy in 2009. They were later exonerated but faced high levels of shame from the general public afterwards.
VMOA0 TIL Married With Children never had canned laughter. They used only original laughter, applause, shouts etc. that came from the viewers while the series was filmed in front of them. Sometimes the audience had to be shut down for the show to continue.