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TIL Sharks have existed longer than trees

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AD0wn TIL bottles often had round bottoms prior to the invention of the metal bottle cap to prevent upright storage
grL8b TIL Osama Bin Laden was a fan of Dragon Ball Z games and he used to play many other games including Counter-Strike, Half-Life & Super Mario.
8GpV TIL a barber took on 40 cops and survived, despite being shot in the head and a staircase falling on him. It was broadcasted live.
ppmA TIL that there exists a formally recognized type of deception where true statements are used to create a false impression, called “paltering”
W7v0L TIL that the longest word in the English dictionary is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, and it is a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust.