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TIL that the Greenland Shark has the longest lifespan of any vertebrate (up to 500 years), and doesn’t even reach sexual maturity until they are 150 years old

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OovG4 TIL There’s cyanide inside avocado pits and apple seeds
D1rBp TIL that the name of the inventor of the lithium-ion battery (which is fine, but not perfect) is John B Goodenough
D1mJe TIL mincemeat doesn't actually have any meat in it at all! (And I've been missing out on a delicious fruity pie all my life because I thought it was a savory meat pie ????)
8AkG TIL That a 20 year old female criminology student became a Mexican police chief. The last police chief was decapitated.
nW7Kd TIL that Grenadine syrup is pomegranate flavored, not cherry. The name “grenadine” originates from the French word grenade, which means pomegranate.