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TIL Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere around 4 billion years ago

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xdv5 TIL the Big Bang Theory was originated by a Belgian Catholic priest, Georges Lemaitre.
KOkXG TIL that up until as recently as the 1950’s, candy stripers sold cigarettes to hospital patients in bed
4kg1J TIL about Martha Cothren, winner of the 2006 Veteran of Foreign Wars Teacher of The Year.
NXARJ TIL South Korean support for Korean Reunification has been decreasing over the years. In the 1990s, over 80% of people in government polls viewed reunification as essential. By 2011 that number had dropped to 56%. In 2017, 72.1% of South Koreans in their 20s viewed reunification as unnecessary.
oBryR TIL that dingos are a species of dog that are descended from domesticated ancestors; this is why even wild dingos are comfortable around humans, and are even known to hunt and sleep alongside humans.