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TIL back in the day someone invented a 'horse-powered boat'

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MexRK TIL Rome's sewers and forums are older than the Roman Republic.
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pYGwG TIL Qatar has the world's highest gender ratio with 300 males per 100 females.
kEJE TIL of Margaret Abbott, a woman who competed in and won a golf tournament in Paris. After her death, it was discovered that this tournament was part of the poorly-organized 1900 Olympics. She never knew she was an Olympian.
YAPP TIL Trees can tell if deer are trying to eat them. Due to their ability to detect deer saliva, trees defend themselves by producing excess acids that cause their buds to taste bitter so that the deer will lose interest and leave them alone