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TIL The Cartoon X-Men theme was lifted from Hermeto Pascoal

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69Ael TIL about Ota Benga - a young boy from Congo who was kidnapped at the beginning of the 20th century to be held at a zoo with monkeys.
LkQRd The first-ever 2017 Flat Earth International Conference (FEIC) was held in Raleigh on Nov. 9 and 10, featuring some of the big names in round-Earth denial. Many flat-Earthers believe the Earth is a disc surrounded by an ice wall.
XE5dP TIL the first German defeat and the first Japanese defeat of World War 2 both came at the hands of Australian forces.
rAae TIL that before the advent of modern street-lighting, city planners in some cities erected huge “moonlight towers” that illuminated large swaths of area, mimicking the light of the moon. Some of these remaining towers are celebrated as landmarks in Austin, TX.
5VB9Q TIL that Kevin Clash, the voice of Elmo, also voiced the Baby Sinclair on the show Dinosaurs