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TIL Rodney Mullen only lost one out of 35 competitions in his career as a pro skater.

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a8jZM TIL Taiwan was joined to the Asian mainland until sea levels rose about 10,000 years ago (in the Late Pleistocene)
PYJbO TIL the potato and tomato are both native to Peru. Though commonly associated with Eurasian culinary traditions, both plants were unknown to the eastern hemisphere until 500 years ago.
8e5LK TIL In 2023 you could donate $25 to name a cockroach after your ex and then have the Toronto Zoo send them a certificate.
W7DWo TIL that records of transgender people in Finland stretch back to the 19th century
E11w TIL that when Mr Potato Head first appeared in 1952, only the parts were supplied and parents had to provide the potato to stick the bits into.