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TIL we’ve been trying to build the hyperloop since 1799

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WWl9 TIL in 1777 Morocco was the first nation to recognize the independence of the United States of America
wJbY TIL In 1669, King Louis XIV banned the use of pointed dinner knives to discourage violent stabbing and tooth-picking at the dinner table, which eventually lead to the popularity of the modern butter knife.
Bd1k TIL infants are born the ability to use logarithmic counting and if left unaltered never change to our system of 5 or 10 based integer method
wDXo TIL that there is a species of ant that breeds none of it’s own workers, but instead steals eggs from other ant species, forcing them into slavery to work and feed their colony.
9GXM TIL Los Angeles and its suburbs, home to 19 million people, is the only megacity in the world where mountain lions live side by side with humans.