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TIL the United States has had a legally declared “state of emergency” almost continuously from 1950 to this day

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yDBw TIL Christians in South Korea have been aggressively attempting to convert the nation to Christianity, even going so far as to burn Buddhist temples and decapitate statues of the Buddha
E4nW TIL that lipstick was first used in Ancient Egypt by prostitutes to show their willingness to preform oral sex. (third paragraph to save time)
0Jdy TIL that in Georgia there is an airtight room, sealed in 1940, called the Crypt of Civilization. It contains numerous artifacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year AD 8113.
lrMA TIL A German teenager landed his aircraft on Moscow’s Red Square in 1987
P1gaJ TIL that the guy who invented the sewing machine had 26 kids with two wives and three mistresses. After he was arrested for bigamy, he fled to England. When he died, his family split his $13M fortune, except for his son William who testified against him in his divorce. William inherited $500.