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TIL about the types of map projections. There is this map projection called AuthaGraph and it is the most accurate 2D map projection in existence (which can also be magically folded into a 3D globe!)

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rg0W TIL of Venus Ramey, tobacco farmer and Miss America 1944, who at age 82 confronted two thieves with a .38 then shot out their tires when they tried to escape
epVDb TIL When random people of varying physical attractiveness get placed into a room, the most physically attractive people tend to seek out each other and to congregate with only each other.
ZOYp TIL that if your flag is damaged or worn, according to the US flag code it should be burned in a dignified way
e0ZPE TIL that up until 1927, it was still legal to hunt the Kalahari bush people for sport in Southern Africa. But you needed a permit.
kOdkW TIL Al Green who originally made Take Me To The River got more royalties from the Big Mouth Billy Bass fish than from any other recordings of the song.