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TIL clockwise was called sunwise before the invention of clocks.

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78eOx TIL about the Oncorhynchus rastrosus, also known as the saber-toothed salmon, an extinct species of salmon. Members of this species had a pair of small "fangs" protruding from the tip of the snout
ky75 TIL Edvard Grieg, the composer of “In the Hall of the Mountain King,” hated the song. He intended it to be a parody of bad music from that time and it ended up becoming iconic.
E1gKw TIL of Lucía Zárate, the lightest recorded adult, who at the age of 17 weighed a mere 2.1 kilos (4.7 lbs). A sideshow performer, she died of hypothermia after her circus train was caught in a snowstorm in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
16bGd TIL that there was an American organization called American Committee for the Defense of British Homes where Americans donated their guns for British homeowners during WWII.
OjEa TIL The Pledge of Allegiance did not include any religious language until 61 years ago when, “under God” was added.