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TIL that the largest cave in the world, which houses a rain forest in its largest chamber, wasn’t discovered until 1991, and wasn’t explored until 2009.

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4DAX TIL Singapore is the only country in the history of the modern world to gain independence against its own will.
e0yEL TIL that Hessy Levinsons Taft, who was featured in Nazi propaganda as the “Perfect Aryan Baby” was actually Jewish.
MlOa TIL that in response to Britain sending their convicts to America in the 1700s, Benjamin Franklin suggested sending back shiploads of rattlesnakes to return the favor
NxwJ TIL During the middle ages, thousands of black cats were killed due to superstition, with the unintended consequence of increasing the rat population. It was one of the main reasons the Plague killed millions.
gLm8 TIL That in order to learn the past and the secrets of Scientology’s Lord Xenu, you have to pay over $100,000 to take those courses and learn them