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TIL that the true last battle of the American Revolution was the Battle of Cuddalore... in India

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b8dZ TIL forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940s, and that the US has more trees now than at any time in the past 100 years.
Gl14 TIL: There is no causal link between sugar and hyperactivity in children. One study found that the perception by parents regarding their children’s hyperactivity depended on their belief as to whether they had been given sugar.
Egy0V TIL That no two decks of shuffled cards have ever been in the same order ever, there are 8 x 10^67 (67 zeros) possible combinations
m1mlO TIL that Johnny Cash was a spokesperson for a bank and as part of the promotion they renamed their ATMs as 'Johnny Cash Machines'
gMGRL TIL A group of Yemeni fishermen hit the jackpot when they found a floating whale carcass in February 2021, containing a lump of ambergris worth more than US$1.5 million. Also known as “floating gold”, ambergris is a rare substance found only in the belly of sperm whales and is used to make perfume.