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TIL that Mars will form rings in around 100 million years.

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7Rnx TIL that before trees were common, the earth was covered in giant mushrooms
9wZlM TIL Inge Lehmann, who discovered that the centre of the Earth is solid, is also one of the longest lived scientists in history, living to 104 years of age and wrote her last scientific article at 99
16pQ4 TIL when Sarah Michelle Gellar was five, she was sued by McDonalds for criticising the fast food restaurant in a Burger King commerical.
xV0Nw TIL - The American Indians didn't have horses until the Spanish came to the continent.
16KrO TIL about a group of noblemen were (allegedly) insulted as "beggars" when presenting a petition to King Philip II's half-sister. They took the insult and turned it into a defiant badge of honor, wearing rough grey cloaks and carrying beggar's bowls.