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TIL that metals such as iron, copper, gold, and even uranium require running water to become concentrated into ore deposits through a process called ore genesis.

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ADAm7 TIL Greenland sharks are the longest living vertebrates on Earth with one female being carbon dated at about 400 years old. The sharks grow at just 1cm a year, and reach sexual maturity at about the age of 150.
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dE47 TIL: A woman with no vagina had oral sex, got stabbed, and got pregnant when the stab allowed the sperm to fertalize her egg.
MeYJK TIL Taiwan has the offices of "Sacrificial Official to Confucius", "Sacrificial Official to Mencius", "Sacrificial Official to Zengzi" and "Sacrificial Official to Yan Hui", held by the eldest descendent of these persons; before 1935, they were nobility titles
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