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TIL there was once a shark with a circular saw for a mouth.

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Z80Bv TIL: The highest point (The peak of Mount Whitney at 14,494 feet / 4,418 meters) and lowest point (The Badwater Basin area of Death Valley at -282 feet / -86 meters) in the Contiguous United States are both in California, both in the same county in California, and only 88 miles apart.
Oo5AR TIL that olives are essentially inedible when picked. It takes an extensive curing process for them to become edible, with no history of how an inedible fruit became such a popular fruit.
O4Vg TIL that for hundreds of years, “Computer” was a job title for a person who did math problems all day.
yQMd8 TIL that nearly every country except the United States has made it policy to not attack dams
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