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TIL Life’s origins may be older than the earth itself

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oL5E TIL that during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic games, NBC dropped a tribute to the victims of the 7/7 attacks, instead cutting to an interview with Ryan Seacrest
MeeLb TIL In 1992, Althea Garrison (R) was the first transgender person to be elected to a state legislature in the United States, but did not campaign as an openly transgender person during her race.
dkb7 TIL the man who sang George Clooney’s parts in O Brother Where Art Thou also sings lead on Avicii’s “Hey Brother”
xrMB TIL Sony made a cassette tape that can store 185TB of data in 2014
KOkba TIL that some types of herring communicate by passing gas.