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TIL Greenland is portrayed about 14x larger than its actual size on most maps

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kwNW TIL The Plasma Television was invented before the Second World War (1936). It’s creator would later go on to invent and design the first automatic, pilotless, aircraft.
gMJbW TIL the Methuselah Tree, named after the Biblical figure who was said to live 969 years, is a nearly 5,000-year-old bristlecone pine near Death Valley believed to be the second-oldest tree on earth.
X8m6 TIL scientists used a medieval recipe for a salve including wine, garlic, and oxgall mixed for 9 days to successfully kill MRSA bacteria
G7jJ TIL that after the great Chicago fire, England donated a library’s worth of books to replace the ones that burned. What England didn’t know, however, is that Chicago did not have a library before the fire.
VLaG TIL that in Kyrgyzstan, marijuana is traditionally harvested by naked horsemen who ride through forests of wild cannabis for hours. The layer of resin and sweat that accumulates on their skin is then scraped off, pressed, molded into bars, and dried.