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TIL there is only one resident of Monowi, Nebraska. She’s the bartender, librarian, and Mayor of the town.

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AN7Lx TIL a 15 year old girl named Marsha Albert was responsible for Beatlemania in the United States in the early 1960’s.
kOkbe TIL the runway of the Gibraltar International Airport is intersected with the main road heading towards Spain, called Winston Churchill Avenue, which has to be closed every time a plane lands or departs.
epx05 TIL that Gal Gadot was five months pregnant while shooting for wonder woman. So, the costume department covered her belly with a bright green fabric that they could digitally alter in postproduction.
R7N14 TIL that Lisa Theris, 25 years old, survived 28 days naked and barefoot in the woods of Alabama. Legally blind, she used a walking stick to navigate, eating mushrooms and berries and drinking muddy water. Presumed dead, she finally stumbled out of the forest and onto the Highway and was discovered.
xxGw TIL of Gate Control Theory which explains how rubbing an injury closes nerve gates and in turn reduces pain.