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TIL That the gender of reptiles depends on the temperature of the environment the eggs was layed in.

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neX0b TIL of the Judean Date Palm. An extinct palm variety that was revived using 2,000 year old seeds.
gBy4 TIL That the drug lord Pablo Escobar offered to pay off Columbia’s $20 billion foreign debt in order to avoid extradition to the US.
LQLJ9 TIL that Samuel "Sam" Houston, the 1st and 3rd President of the Republic of Texas who served as Governor of both Tennessee and Texas, and for whom the city of Houston in Texas is named, was descended from the Houston baronets and Clan Houston in Scotland. He was also a member of the Cherokee Tribe.
epeGb TIL of existence of rogue holes, the inverse of rogue waves, where the depth of the hole can reach more than twice the significant wave height
KOJ99 TIL that Milla Jovovich sang on the Underworld (2003) soundtrack and has released multiple songs.