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TIL About the “Cicada Brood X” and its 17-Year Life Cycle

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e0Dm4 TIL U.S Space Command has existed since 1982 as part of the U.S Airforce. It has approximately 22,000 military personnel and 9,000 civilian employees.
kOXk5 TIL Taj Mahal turns pink at the dawn, white in noon and yellow in the dusk.
x6kQD TIL why larger eggs have thinner shells. It's because larger eggs come from older hens and the eggs are produced with the same amount of shell material.
N7dnM TIL that Mozart transcribed a piece of sacred music from the Vatican after hearing it performed twice, creating the only copy outside Rome.
AZVl TIL Shirley Chisholm became in 1968, the first African-American woman elected to Congress and survived 3 assassination attempts in 1972 while being the first major-party black candidate for President of the United States and the first woman to run for the Democratic presidential nomination.