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TIL Oxford University, established in 1096AD, is older than the Aztec Civilization which emerged around 1325AD.

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x6yWo TIL more than 100 U.S. political leaders have ancestors who were slaveholders, including all but one living U.S. president
YNyv TIL that the scientific name for the western lowland gorilla is ‘gorilla gorilla gorilla’
neByP TIL about Wangari Mathaai, the first African Woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. She founded the Green Belt movement that helped plant 30 million trees and empowered women to get involved in social change.
WAa9 TIL that a chimera is when a fetus absorbs its twin and is born with two sets of DNA.
d7bZ TIL that the Airbus A380 jumbo jet was so well insulated from engine noise that the pilots couldn’t sleep during their rest periods as they could hear every crying baby, snoring passenger, and toilet flush. To combat the problem, Airbus was considering piping ambient noise back into the plane.