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TIL that Montana is the only US state constitutionally mandated to teach and preserve Native American history and culture.

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p8NLO Today I learned that the term "NSFW" was invented to prevent British school kids from seeing things they are not supposed to be exposed to.
OoN0Y TIL that "Big Ben" is not a clock, a tower, or even a building. It is the name of the large bell that is located inside Elizabeth tower.
nZMr TIL Australia’s first police force was comprised of the best-behaved convicts
J1nZ1 TIL before the West-Point class of 1915. The term “The class the stars fell on” was previously applied to the class of 1886, which produced many general officers for WW I. 25 of the 77 graduates became generals and the class included John Pershing and Mason Patrick.
d19Q TIL the ‘Moon Museum’ is a small ceramic wafer three-quarters of an inch by half an inch in size which was left on the surface of the moon during the apollo 12 mission. It contains artworks by the six most prominent artists of the 1960’s, including Andy Warhol, who drew a penis.