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TIL The Texas Dept. of Transporttion (TxDOT) buys and sows about 30,000 pounds of wildflower seed (including Bluebonnet) each year. The peak wildflower blooming season draws tourists from all across the nation to see the colorful blooms each spring.

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Owve TIL all of the actors in “Pirates of the Caribbean” learned how to work with cannons and swords in Pirates School, which included getting trained by the late famed swordsman Bob Anderson, who also was the lightsaber master who fought battles as Darth Vader in Star Wars films
8eBAG TIL that the F-22 Raptor took so long to develop, that the CPUs for its in flight computer had become obsolete by three generations by the time the first production jet flew in 1997, resulting in even further delays as a new flight computer had to be designed based on the PowerPC processor.
YpBGx TIL that according to research, our love for shiny things comes from an evolutionary instinct to seek out water
LQrZV TIL about seasteading, the creation of permanent dwellings in international waters (seasteads) that are independent of governments. No one has yet created a structure recognized as a state. Proposed structures have included modified cruise ships, refitted oil platforms, and custom floating islands.
dLNQ TIL that the American government had a “Conscience Fund” where people could send money if they felt guilty. The largest sum ever received was from 1909 when someone mailed in $18,669 (US$ 490,000 in 2015)