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TIL that sharks are around 100 million years older than trees.

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1jkX TIL of Hofstadter’s Law which states “It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law.”
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DPxr TIL that liquid breathing (such as in the movie abyss) is true and can be used when diving or as a type of medical treatment
VPmB TIL that on one of the Canary Islands, there is a whistled language that all inhabitants of the island understand. It was developed so that people could talk at distances of up to 5km, and although it was dying out, it is currently making a comeback.
b9xYp TIL that most of the Arabian Peninsula had converted to Islam within 15 years of when Muhammad first started preaching publicly