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TIL it is illegal in the United States to advertise falsely art claimed to be Native American

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PxeZ TIL there are more variations in the game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe.
pY8Kb TIL of Operation Looking Glass, the code name for an airborne US command and control centre that would take charge of the response if all US ground bases were lost due to nuclear war. They started with 5 Boeing KC-135's and a plane was in the air 24/7, 365 days a year, for nearly 30 years.
e7Rn TIL that Martin Luther King Jr’s grandmother died of a fatal heart attack that she suffered while MLK was supposed to be looking after her, but was instead watching a local parade. Feeling guilt that it was his fault, he attempted suicide by jumping out a second story window.
d8p0j TIL a man tried to run to Bermuda in a Zorb with nothing but water bottles and protein bars. When the USGC attempted to rescue him, he refused their assistance and instead asked for directions.
4XkkX TIL that, after its demolition, steel from East Germany's parliament building was used in the construction of the Burj Khalifa.