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TIL Archaeological evidence has been uncovered in Iceland which indicates that Gaelic Monks from Ireland discovered and settled Iceland before the Norse

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m1pVx TIL that before the California Gold Rush, there was one in North Carolina in 1799! A 12-year-old named Conrad Reed found a 17-pound gold nugget while playing in a creek and used it as a doorstop for three years. When his family realized its value, they started the first gold rush in America!
m10rx TIL Frog saliva is a non-Newtonian fluid. The fluid is initially runny when the frog's tongue first hits its prey helping it spread along the surface of their food. After the initial pressure drops the fluid gets gooier and stickier allowing the prey to be quickly brought into the frog's mouth.
W7EJL TIL: You can name a cockroach after your ex at the San Antonio zoo
nW7e9 TIL Female capuchin monkeys throw rocks at male monkeys in order to indicate sexual interest.
oBRwR TIL All first class women except of four did survive the Titanic disaster. All children in first and second class did survive.