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TIL that the largest insect, the giant sea scorpion, lived some 400 million years ago and measured around 8 feet.

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05GL TIL that plastic-eating mushrooms could save the world
ZnOo TIL that the world’s largest brothel, with 500 rooms, was built in Seattle in 1910. It was so scandalous that the mayor lost his job, and the building became the ordinary Lester Apartments. It was destroyed 40 years later when an air force bomber crashed into it.
9Gmm TIL the only Western academic degree displayed by North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung in his official residence, the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, was a doctorate degree from Kensington University, a “distance learning” diploma mill shut down in 2003 by a court order
aW40 TIL that Jimmy Carter signed the bill that made homebrewing legal in 1978. (It took effect in 1979)
epy5n TIL The current year in North Korea is 113. This is because they use the Juche calender and year 1 started on the birthday of Kim Il-Sung (April 15th 1912).