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TIL that US prisoners pick cotton

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RKMw TIL that Australia is the only Western country in the world to not have a Bill of Rights.
YyAG TIL the richest superhero is actually Black Panther, who has an estimated of $500 billion, whereas Tony Stark is worth $100 billion and Bruce Wayne $80 billion
e0K5g TIL of the Antikythera Mechanism, a 2000+ year old Ancient Greek ‘analogue computer’ that tracks/predicts astronomical positions, keeps dates for early Olympic Games and more! It used bronze, toothed gears and had multiple, individually purposed faces... similar tech wasn’t developed for 1400 years!
Ookdg TIL that we've tiny mirrors (retroreflectors) on the moon to reflect the laser beams fired from earth to measure the lunar distance. The round-trip takes of about 2.5 seconds and the distance to the Moon can be measured with millimeter precision.
Lkn5m TIL In 2018 the Cornish Language Board said that singer Gwenno's album Le Kov, which features entirely Cornish lyrics, had led to a 15% increase in the number of people taking Cornish language exams