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TIL One of the most famous cartographic errors in history showed the Island of California separated from mainland N. America by the Gulf of California

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awW6J TIL The first recorded use of using a 'V' finger sign as an insult, was a Yorkshire laborer in 1901, who was flipping off the camera man for filming him
0d7aN TIL John Smoltz is the only pitcher in the Baseball Hall of Fame to have undergone Tommy John Surgery.
OGDK1 TIL Vladimir Lenin ruled the shortest time in the Soviet Union, only 1 year and 22 days.
W7QW9 TIL oyster mushrooms are not just a source of food, they can also be made into mycellium, which in turns can be used to make bricks and house furniture. They can also be used to decontaminate the environment, for example to treat soil that had been polluted with diesel oil.
9MNQ TIL that “the best-selling Playboy edition was the November 1972 edition, which sold 7,161,561 copies. One-quarter of all American college men were buying the magazine every month.”