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TIL there’s a town in Nebraska with only one resident—Elsie Eiler—who serves as mayor, bartender, and librarian for Monowi’s 5,000-book library.

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gxL TIL Down Syndrome males are sterile (aside from one documented case)
7rlZL TIL that although the candiru fish is infamous for entering human urethras, there is only one documented case of this ever happening, and the accuracy of this case is highly disputed.
pYG8p TIL that The fate of the Mayflower remains unknown. However, some historians argue that it was scrapped for its timber, then used to construct a barn in Jordans, England.
R5bV9 TIL that 102 years before "Prey," there was a film with an all-Native cast. Released in 1920, "Daughter of the Dawn" was shot in Oklahoma, and stars the son of legendary Comanche chief Quanah Parker.
j67Qv TIL Anaxagoras was one of the first to assert that the Moon reflected sunlight and did not produce light by itself; a statement translated as “the sun induces the moon with brightness” was found in his writings.