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TIL Sharks have been around on Earth longer than Trees

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b9vAN TIL Facebook's facial recognition system was found to outperform similar systems used by the FBI. Where Facebook has a 98% accuracy rating in identifying faces, the FBI had a success rate of 85%.
xZQB TIL That “The Right of the First Night”, where a feudal lord had the right to be the first to bed the local wives, has no definitive evidence and might be a fabrication.
kQpg TIL there was a roman god of penises, and his sacrificial animal was the ass.
8GZZ TIL of an Internet Mystery involving a Cicada which has never been solved.
BLJd TIL: When it comes to child support, the percentage of “deadbeat” moms is actually higher than that of dads who won’t pay.