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TIL that the last known population of Woolly Mammoths lived on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean until 4,000 years ago, well into the start of human civilization and concurrent with the construction of the Great Pyramid of ancient Egypt

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R7JBQ TIL that the giant prickly thistle "Miss Willmott's Ghost" gets its name because eccentric horticulturist Ellen Willmott would secretly plant its seeds in friends' gardens. She also employed a hundred male gardeners, and carried a revolver in her handbag.
GYnWN TIL That pencils never actually contained lead, people just called it that cause they thought graphite was a type of lead.
x6bMD TIL that there is a Lombardy Crown called the 'Iron Crown' with what is supposed to be a nail of the True Cross as a central circlet.
RvG6 TIL NASA wants to establish a floating cloud city to study Venus. The innovative concept involves helium-filled, solar-powered airships, which could contribute to humans permanently occupying the atmosphere of the hottest planet in our solar system.
8a0EV TIL Little Richard was an ordained minister, and officiated the weddings of several celebrities, including Tom Petty, Cyndi Lauper, Demi Moore/Bruce Willis, and Stevie Van Zandt