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TIL that part of George McGovern's initial 1972 platform in his run for president was a payment of $1000 a year to every American citizen

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E1PNd TIL The "Tower of the Winds" (in Athens) is considered to be the first ever meteorological station. It features eight sundials, a water clock and a wind vane
deGj TIL that the first settlers of Madagascar arrived from Indonesia several hundred years before the Bantu people of Southeastern Africa came to the island. As a result, the people of Madagascar have some physical features characteristic of Southeast Asians.
mx5JM TIL that knitting was an exclusively male profession in the Middle Ages. It would take six years of apprenticeship to become a member of a knitting guild.
499b TIL that an acre of hemp produces more paper than an acre of trees.
a8G9b TIL that in 2012, a crucified Jesus statue in India started dripping water from it's feet. Hundreds of believers flocked to the dripping cross, collecting and consuming the “holy” water. It was later revealed that the source of the water was a clogged toilet from a nearby washroom.