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TIL of the Canadian Shield.The Shield makes up roughly 50 per cent of Canada’s land mass, was formed over 3 billion years through processes such as plate tectonics, erosion and glaciation, and contains some of the oldest known rocks on Earth.

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Br66k TIL, a "holocaust" was a sacrificial religious ceremony practiced in ancient Judaism, wherein an animal was sacrificed to god, being entirely consumed by fire. The word is from a Greek translation of the Old Testament.
xV8VB TIL of the ancient Greek stoic philosopher Chrysippus of Soli, who initiated the success of Stoicism. He died of laughter at the age of 73 after witnessing a donkey eating his figs.
XEWgP TIL Kmart USA is down to its final 10 stores!
6oWW TIL that Joe Scarborough was publicly and on-air against then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s plans to blow up the moon. Schwarzenegger had no such plans; Scarborough was reacting to a radio DJ doing an impression.
epnxD TIL Lambskin condoms are made from the intestinal membrane of a lamb, and there are records of men using lambskin condoms during the early part of the Roman Empire.