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TIL that plants such as avocado and Kentucky Coffee Tree are known as evolutionary anachronism. They evolved adaptations, such as seed dispersal, best suited to coexist with extinct megafauna.

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RlL7 TIL Mary is mentioned more in the Quran than in the entire New Testament and is also the only woman mentioned by name in the Quran
ao50 TIL 150 Irish soldiers defended a Congo town from 3000 African mercs for six days, killed 300 of the mercs and didn’t lose any men themselves.
loQMr TIL: The US has had the largest economy in the world since 1871. Accounting for just 5% of the worlds population, the US represents 23.6% of the worlds GDP, China has grown to 15.5% and third place Japan at 5.7%
GYOxG TIL that Louisa May Alcott, the author of "Little Women," never actually wanted to write the book. She thought of the genre as "moral pap for the young," and only decided to write this novel in order to help her father.
E4QP TIL there are no known cases of elevators free-falling and killing the passengers inside