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TIL a full-on naval battle was fought in Lake Erie between the US and Britain

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E1xLV TIL a group of well preserved wooden spears were unearthed at a German coal mine. They are between 380,000 and 400,000 years old, making them at least 75x older than the pyramids of Eygpt. These are the oldest wooden artifacts ever unearthed.
vPGeR TIL we used Malaria to treat Syphilis
yQYDJ TIL PRIAPOS (Priapus) was the god of vegetable gardens. He was also a protector of beehives, flocks and vineyards. Priapos was depicted as a dwarfish man with a huge member, symbolising garden fertility. Basically he’s the god of ????
a8k0M TIL the CEOs of AMD and Nvidia are related. Jensen Huang is a cousin of Lisa Su's mother.
eQQ4 TIL Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon album was so popular, it had a German factory pressing nothing but that album 34 years after it was first released