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TIL Sharks have been around on Earth longer than Trees

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oBD4W TIL that Hitler was an avid coprophiliac
pYnjQ TIL NATO logo does not say NATO backwards. NATO is an acronym for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. OTAN is an acronym for the French translation of that. Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord.
4Xr0J TIL that in the 1930s, the Communist Party of Germany allied with the Nazi's (who they referred to as "working people's comrades"), to overthrow the Social Democratic government under the belief that a Nazi government would collapse and lead to a Communist one gaining power
ALgg TIL that sandwiches taste better when someone else makes them because when you make your own, you anticipate its taste and become less hungry for it.
4Xa4b TIL, when Johnny Cash became interested in bible study in the early 80', he published a novel called The Man In White. Having done moderately well and received positive reviews, it was said to be one of his proudest accomplishments.