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TIL There is a town in Alaska that has had a cat as mayor for 15 years.

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4Ybo TIL Ben Franklin left the cities of Boston and Philadelphia $2,000 in his will, but they could not draw the full balance for 200 years. In 1990, the cities received $6.5 million.
0dMe1 TIL the the Royal Canadian Mounted Police place undercover sky marshals on every Canadian flight to Ronald Regan Washington National Airport
b69w7 TIL Radiocarbon dating needs to take in account the effects of both fossil fuel burning (which increases the amount of non-radioactive carbon in the atmosphere) and nuclear tests (which increases the amount of radioactive carbon)
8y08 TIL The first stealth technology test failed. They couldn’t understand why until they noticed a bird sitting on the test object. They blew a loud horn, the bird flew off, and the test object disappeared from the radar screen showing stealth technology was a success.
9YMMr TIL Dolph Lundgren received a full scholarhip to study enginering at MIT but dropped out to become the bodyguard to Jamaican singer Grace Jones. They developed a romantic relationship and Jones convinced him to move with her to New York where he pursued an acting career.