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TIL: even though humans have been getting taller for the past several thousand years, we're still not as tall as we used to be pre-civilization

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157r TIL- in Minnesota it is against the law to sell an American flag that is not made in the U.S.
0dXy TIL 93% of Americans eat pizza at least once a month
BVDk TIL in 2012, a petition was created urging the U.S. government to create a Death Star, which gained more than 25,000 signatures, enough to qualify for an official response.
Y7WBB TIL about Fatal insomnia, a genetic disorder where a severe inability to sleep leads to neurodegeneration and eventually death
Lk6Gp TIL in 1926, Poland sent the US a birthday card with over 5 million signatures. Polish citizen Leopold Kotnowski visited the White House to present the card for America’s 150th birthday. It has 30,000 pages full of art, photos, poems and pressed flowers.