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TIL that Pangaea is only the most recent super-continent, and there have been at least 6 similar geological events termed “Wilson Cycles”

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VBR78 TIL a professional soccer player for the Gabon national team, Guelor Kanga, was called to a disciplinary committee to explain how he was born in 1990, yet his mother had passed away in 1986.
9wvYB TIL in 1998 a man in Hokkaido built a hut and committed suicide by starving himself to death. He kept a detailed diary, writing about his experience up until his death
oBwQr TIL that "Five-O" being slang for "police" was inspired by the TV show "Hawaii Five-0" (and not the other way around). "Hawaii Five-0" was named that in honor of Hawaii being the 50th state to join the United States
RAKl TIL that horses cannot vomit due to the angle their esophagus enters their stomach and the muscle tone of their esophago-gastric junction. If a horse does vomit it means that they are close to death
PMVV TIL that in 2010 a robot programmed to fall in love got a little too attached to a woman and wouldn’t let her leave the room.