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TIL the Law of Æthelberht, dating to the early 7th century, is the first known document written in Old English. It’s a legal code and the earliest surviving example of the English language in written form.

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QJyx6 TIL the dodo bird was not unintelligent but simply evolved docile behavior in response to a lack of predator on its native island of Mauritius. Humans took advantage of this behavior, haunted it to extinction, and then made it a universally recognized symbol of unintelligence.
5VXVD TIL - Methuselah is a 4,854-year-old Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) tree growing high in the White Mountains of Inyo County in eastern California. It is recognized as the non-clonal tree with the greatest confirmed age in the world.
yQvVV TIL Empty Mason Jars are more expensive than glass jars full of food.
jN9oN TIL about Postorgasmic Illness Syndrome. A condition where men experience flu like symptoms (fevers, headache, sore throat, and watery eyes). It occurs after approximately 90% of "ejaculation events" for effected men. This reaction is thought to be secondary to an allergy to ones own semen.
VMV7G TIL that glue used to and still is today made by Melting Horses.