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TIL flowers evolved after mammals.

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OG7ML TIL that Henry Ford founded Kingsford charcoal as a way to process the waste from the wood that was needed for his cars and that Thomas Edison designed Kingsford's first briquette factory.
W7dw9 TIL Swedish soprano Jenny Lind's American tour from 1850 to 1852 caused a frenzy and she gave 93 concerts under PT Barnum’s management. Local businesses inserted “Jenny Lind” into advertisements to catch attention
eRME TIL that in the Mandingo fight scene in Django Unchained, when the man asks Django how his name is spelled, Django says “The D is silent.” The man replies “I know.” This is because the man is Franco Nero, the man who played Django in the original movie “Django,” in a cameo role.
M70OA TIL McDonalds once had a broccoli flavored bubblegum
9Y817 TIL that Pete Brownell, of Brownell firearms, is also CEO of the NRA.