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TIL Carter G. Woodson created Negro History Week with hope it eventually be eliminated when black history became fundamental to American history. Instead it eventually became Black History Month, and critics include Morgan Freeman, who said “Black history is American history.”

negR9 TIL of the gömböc, a convex three-dimensional homogeneous shape that when resting on a flat surface has just one stable and one unstable point of equilibrium. The balancing properties of the gömböc are associated with the "righting response" ⁠ ⁠of shelled animals such as tortoises and beetles.
4XGAb TIL only 3.5% of the world population lives in a country they weren't born in.
kJXl4 TIL That to promote The Simpsons Movie, a contest was held to see which Springfield was the Home of the Simpsons. And the town that won would get to host the film’s premiere. The winner ended up being Springfield, Vermont, and the movie premiered at their local theater.
a8gj0 TIL about a man found dead on an Australian beach in 1948, with all the labels from his clothes removed, and a paper piece with the phrase "Tamam Shud" ("It is finished") sewn into his pocket. Later an undeciphered code was found from a book belonging to him. His identity remains unknown.
Bra0x TIL the phrase "Low Man on the Totem Pole" has come to mean the opposite of what it should; the "Low Man" on the totem pole was often the most talented and valuable part of the totem pole creation process.