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TIL: A day on Earth was 6 hours long 4.5 Billion years ago.

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dDLYE TIL that in 1982, an artist and her assistants grew, cared for, and harvested an entire wheatfield in the middle of New York City on top of the landfill created by the construction of The World Trade Center, a piece of land worth 4.5 billion dollars at the time.
X69P TIL that claiming you panicked because of an unwanted homosexual advance is a legitimate defense against a murder charge in Australia
VP5G TIL that people used to send Vinegar Valentines to those that they despised. These were essentially insult cards with a picture and an insulting poem that were given on Valentine’s Day.
XEDdj TIL The Co-Founder of D.H.L spent approximately $10 million on virgin prostitutes because he was desperately afraid of AIDS.
60VQ TIL that German soccer player Mesut Ozil donated his €300,000 World Cup victory bonus to pay for surgeries for 23 children in Brazil.