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TIL Ethiopia is likely to be the birth place of modern Homo sapiens based on radioactive dating

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KO91J TIL that although Tic Tacs are almost 100% sugar, FDA regulations allow them to be advertised as 0 grams of sugar per serving due to their size
Rjr1 TIL Swedish millionaire Johan Eliasch purchased 400,000 acres of the Amazon Rainforest from a logging company for $14,000,000 for the sole purpose of its preservation.
0JMv TIL that a German historian believes that the years 614-911 AD didn’t happen and we are actually living in the year 1716.
R5bG7 TIL Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia is the coldest national capital in the world, with a January average of -21.6C (-6.5F).
aV5o TIL That diamonds were not originally mined, They were actually found alongside or at the bottom of rivers in India.