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TIL that Professional Sumo wrestling in Japan has been dominated by Mongolian wrestlers for nearly 20 years.

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nW46B TIL Noah S. Sweat was a Mississippi congressman known for a 1952 speech that took him over two months to write, in which he proudly stood on both sides of prohibition. This became known as the "If-By-Whisky" fallacy.
NLRP TIL that Sgt. William Carney received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the 2nd Battle of Ft. Wagner, in which Carney grabbed the U.S. flag as the flag bearer fell, carried the flag to the enemy ramparts and back, saying, “Boys, I only did my duty; the old flag never touched the ground!”
meMx TIL the Jimmy Carter Administration installed Solar Panels on the White House to heat water, then the Ronald Reagan Administration took them down and cut tax credits to renewable energy research.
ORLe TIL the Sandbox Tree, also known as the Dynamite Tree, is covered in spikes, full of poison, and grows exploding fruits
xXw7 TIL The “magic number” of people needed to create a viable population for multi-generational space travel has been calculated to about the size of a small village - 160.