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TIL There are over 250 million years of geological data missing from rock layers. This is called the Great Unconformity.

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aw8xZ TIL San Antonio Spurs superstar Kawhi Leonard Drives a 1997 Chevy Tahoe, and uses coupons to get free wings despite his $94 Million Contract
WkEXd TIL Dr Jack Kevorkian, aka "Dr Death", successfully researched transfusing blood from corpses into living patients. He presented his findings to the Pentagon as a means to help save lives in Viet Nam. However, he was denied funds to continue his research and his process was never adopted.
OoMre TIL that serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells killed a boy whose own mother was found guilty of the murder. Authorities refused to believe it was the work of a serial killer until 2 years later at a retrial. The prosecutor, not wanting to be in the wrong, still claims that the mother did it.
GeE7 TIL there’s a brand of eye shadow named “Nic Cage Raking Leaves On A Brisk October Afternoon”.
YpoGW TIL that in State v. Linkhaw, the North Carolina Supreme Court reversed the conviction of a man who sang so badly in church that a jury had found him guilty of "disturbing a religious congregation."