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TIL In Mozambique, overhead power lines have to be at least 12 m (39 ft) high to permit safe passage of giraffes.

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WMKo TIL that the US Gov’t took the land on which Mt Rushmore was built from the Sioux nation, and developed Mt. Rushmore on sacred Sioux grounds without any compensation. The US Gov’t has offered over 1 Billion Dollars in compensation, but the Sioux refuse to take it, saying the land was never for sale.
JY6k TIL 3 suicide bombers prematurely exploded because the bombs were set on daylight savings time.
vPNLj TIL Jagadeesh Pillai took over four years to record, edit and mix the longest officially released song, lasting 138 hr 41 min 20 sec. Pillai sung the entire book of the poetic work “Shri Ram Charit Manas”
nElW TIL Tinder, OKCupid and Match.com are owned by the same company, InterActiveCorp, who also own CollegeHumor, Vimeo, and 50 other internet websites
D1jnp TIL Jefferies tubes in the star trek universe is really a tribute to the original designer of the enterprise Matt Jefferies.