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TIL the oldest surviving wooden structure was built in 607 AD.

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yAdl TIL of Myiamoto Musashi. A samurai from the 16th century, won over 60 duels, fought in 2 wars and is credited with inventing the art of psyching out your opponent and dual wielding katana, he killed his first man at the age of 13.
Eg9J0 TIL The last two states to be added to the US were admitted in 1959, only 64 years ago. Many current members of congress were teenagers when the flag had 48 stars.
bKGE TIL that in 2010, Israel’s weekly state lottery drew exactly the same 6 numbers as the draw 3 weeks earlier – an event statisticians said was a one in four trillion chance.
N7ye6 TIL The word 'Welsh' comes from the Proto-Germanic 'Walhaz', meaning Roman/Celtic speaker. The countries/regions of Wales (UK), Wallonia (Predominately French speaking region in Belgium), Welschland (French speaking region of Switzerland) and many others all get their name from this.
Q9Kd TIL that the “O” before an Irish name (ex O'keefe, O'Reilly, etc) means “decendent of”