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TIL National Men's Day was a thing.

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GYno1 TIL that 2,000-year-old seeds were discovered in 1963 inside an ancient jar in Israel. They were planted in 2005 and a tree that had been extinct for over 1800 years sprouted.
kJGeg [TIL] The concept of zero as a number was first developed in India, and its use spread to the Islamic world and then to Europe.
8aPbb TIL the iconic black-and-white soccer ball design was popularized by the Adidas Telstar, which adopted the design to be visible on black and white television screens. It was named after the AT&T Telstar, the first satellite to transmit television images and telephone calls through space.
bOdN TIL in 1786 when Louis XVI had bodies removed from France’s Saints Innocents Cemetery into the Catacombs, many of the bodies had decomposed into fat. The fat was then collected and turned into candles and soap
kOBQm TIL In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.