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TIL the New Holland mouse is a non-marsupial mammal native to Australia. After it was first described by Europeans, it wasn't seen again for over 100 years

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a8k0M TIL the CEOs of AMD and Nvidia are related. Jensen Huang is a cousin of Lisa Su's mother.
grjVW TIL Andrew Johnson gave a drunk vice-presidential inaugural address on March 4th 1895. It was described variously as "hostile, inane, incoherent, repetitive, self-aggrandizing, and sloppy"
kjom TIL East St. Louis, Illinois is not only one of the most violent cities in the United States, but it consistently ranks among the world’s most dangerous cities. In 2014 the murder rate of the City was higher than that of Honduras, the country with the highest murder rate in the world.
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