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TIL the Mississippi River was once five miles wide and whales swam up it from the Gulf of America. The remains of these whales have been found in Michigan.

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xKBo TIL that spalting is a form of wood coloration caused by fungi. It gives hardwoods potentially beautiful patterns and can be used in decorative wood bowls and musical instruments like guitars and ukuleles. A lot of the wood items at art and crafts fairs are significantly spalted.
QO6k TIL that a naked and bleeding 14 year old boy was returned to Jeffery Dahmer’s home by police. He was strangled immediately after the authorities left the serial killer’s home.
B80e TIL roses produce fruit.
m5pM TIL that there exists footage of I Love Lucy that was filmed in color by a fan in the audience. Color footage of the show was so rare that the clip was included on the I Love Lucy “Complete Edition” DVD set
1R5r TIL the Sex Pistols only released one studio album, but released four live albums, and six compilation albums over the course of thirty years.