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TIL flowers evolved after mammals.

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4LD6 TIL Franklin W. Dixon, author of The Hardy Boys, DOESN’T EXIST. It’s just a nom de plume given to various ghostwriters.
rNEdM TIL President Ulysses Grant wanted to annex Santo Domingo (or what we call the Dominican Republic). He feared a European power taking it over and hoped it'd be a safe haven for black Americans. But the annexation treaty died in the Senate and it was never pursued again.
VxWD TIL The Word “meme” was coined by Biologist Richard Dawkins to refer to ideas that spread and replicate in a Darwinian fashion
PYglJ TIL that violence in Filipino karaoke bars has lead to owners specifically employing gay or effeminate men, or transwomen, who use humor to defuse conflicts between male patrons over women, since they are seen as neutral.
J0Yj TIL that sand is a finite resource and we are running out.