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TIL Obscurantism is the practice of deliberately presenting information in an imprecise and recondite manner, often designed to forestall further inquiry and understanding.

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76wX TIL Maine’s state flower is a pinecone.
BgZLe TIL: There was another species of human recently found.
69RaZ TIL only 31 cities in Australia have a population of over 50,000. In the US, 50,000 is about the size of Enid, Oklahoma or Galveston, Texas.
9YeDG TIL of a £4m art heist Manchester in 2003 , including a Van Gogh painting. It is believed the culprit tipped off the police and revealed the location of the stolen artwork. Stating that his intentions were not to steal , but to highlight woeful security.
XeoR TIL Jon Stewart is worth $80 million dollars, and has an annual salary of $16 million dollars.