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TIL that Flowers, Fruit, Grass, and most kinds of Trees only evolved into existence in the Cretaceous Period.

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1aAe7 TIL in Portland, Oregon (2006) a 58 year old husband hired a Hit man to murder his wife. When his wife returned home she encountered an intruder wielding a claw hammer. After a struggle, the 51-year-old nurse fended off her attacker by strangling him with her bare hands.
8RYZ TIL in 1994 the Surgeon General was fired for advocating drug legalization and masturbation (being part of human sexuality)
grE09 TIL artist Damien Hirst created the most expensive work of art by a living artist. "For the Love of God" is a skull made out of platinum, human teeth & 8,601 diamonds. It cost 15 million pounds & took 18 months to make, completed in 2007.
84QX TIL In 1949, Warren Buffett was infatuated by a young woman whose boyfriend had a ukulele. In an attempt to win her heart, he bought one and has been playing it ever since.
P6BZ TIL in responding to why he starred in Jaws: The Revenge, Michael Caine said “I have never seen the film, but by all accounts it was terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific.”