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TIL that Compact Discs, also known as CDs, were a form of optical storage used to hold music, software, and other digital data before USB drives and cloud storage became common.

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4XKK5 TIL 2,000 year old seeds were discovered inside an ancient jar in Israel 1963. They were planted in 2005 and a tree extinct for 1,800 years sprouted from the ground.
WkyM4 TIL that as a child, Michael Jackson's father would torment him about his appearance, calling him 'fat-nose'. Michael went on to have four rhinoplasties and fussed over how his body and face looked for the rest of his life.
LdgZ TIL it is illegal to wear a bulletproof vest while committing a crime in the USA
LkGMm TIL that a Qing Princess by the name of Yoshiko Kawashima was raised in Japan and served as a spy for the Japanese Kwantung Army and puppet state of Manchukuo during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
P6De TIL that WWII General George Patton believed that he was a reincarnated ancient Roman soldier, an he also thought that he had served under Napoleon.