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TIL Sharks have existed longer than trees

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M7QyB TIL of New York Times crossword puzzle for morning of 1996 election is highly regarded as the cleverest crossword puzzle ever published. The answer word at 39 Across can be filled in with either both candidates.
Zv54 TIL Australia’s first police force was made up of the most well-behaved convicts
BQlk TIL that contrary to popular belief, King Mongkut of Siam’s proposed gift of elephants to Abraham Lincoln was not meant to be used to combat the Confederacy, but rather to create a feral pack of elephants in the US for future use.
rN0Jx TIL Mount McKinley / Denali has had at least 5 different names since 1794, and many more local historical names.
NXlWM TIL There used to be an administrative division called a Hundred. It was formerly used in England, Wales, parts of the US, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and the Colony of New South Wales. For example Bermuda Hundred was the first incorporated town in Virginia in 1613, six years after Jamestown.