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TIL the statue atop the US Capitol building was going to have a liberty cap (the old Roman symbol of an emancipated slave), but future Confederate President Jefferson Davis made the sculptor remove it.

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pYEKO TIL that in traditional Chinese marriage, husband can unilaterally divorce his wife if she talks too much - 口多言 (Wiki translation is off)
KObQE TIL that the crazy colors and patterns you see when you rub your eyes are called "PHOSPHENES." Researchers believe that this "biophotonic light" actually comes from inside of our eyes in the same way that fireflies emit light.
jNDya TIL in 2015, the judge from the Supreme Court of the United States included the quote "A great power must be accompanied by — a great responsibility!" in their opinion in the ruling of the Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC case
1LYD TIL the US used the Navajo language to communicate in codes that were unbreakable to Japanese Intelligence. It is still the only spoken military code to never have been deciphered.
aBPb TIL the world’s tallest man has saved two dolphins by using his long arms to reach into their stomachs and pull out dangerous plastic shards.