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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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KQAB TIL that the shooting of US President James Garfield in July 1881 directly led to the invention of both the metal detector and indoor air conditioning
GYGQ TIL NASA set out to disprove the claims of the “Mayan Apocolypse”, and did.
MxOV TIL that former NBA star Dennis Rodman claims he is the oldest of ~46 children. His father says it’s “only” ~29.
PoyO TIL that If two pieces of the same type of metal touch each other in space, they will bond and be permanently stuck together
OobbL TIL Psychologist B.F. Skinner tried to train pigeons to serve as guides for bombing runs in WWII. After canceling the project, he successfully taught the pigeons to play ping pong instead.