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TIL crocodiles are more closely related to birds than to other reptiles, and modern science classifies birds as a kind of reptile

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PYZrJ TIL Britain bought the freedom of all the slaves under its Empire at a cost of 40% of the treasury income which wasn't paid back till 2015 to ensure the freedom of slaves. 5% of GDP at the time which is aorund 100 Billion pounds today)
ZGOQ TIL due to heavy inbreeding, Louis XIV of France (17th century) is descended from Louis IX of France (13th century) in 368 different ways
bdPN TIL Conrad Heyer is the earliest-born person of whom a photograph is known to exist. He fought for the Continental Army under the command of George Washington and participated in Washington’s famous crossing of the Delaware in December 1776. In 1852, aged 103, he posed for this daguerreotype.
nealP TIL that actor Adam Devine was almost killed by a cement truck as a child and had to relearn how to walk over the course of several years
DelP TIL that at the North Pole it is whatever time you say it is.