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TIL Father of US Navy Admiral John Paul Jones fouhgt his last naval battles in the area of present-day Ukraine

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rNAvw TIL Mississippian Native Americans had a cosmological concept similar to Norse mythology, complete with a World Tree
Y4er TIL that newborn ducks will take on the characteristics of the first animal they see. If the first animal they see is a human, then they will think they’re human and grow up thinking they’re human. This is called “imprinting” and it’s the natural instinct to follow the first thing they see.
O1DR TIL That there’s and 80 year old woman who makes Skyrim videos and has over 150,000 Subcribers
OgJR TIL prohibition era grape juice mix came with a warning: “After dissolving the brick in a gallon of water, do not place the liquid in a jug away in the cupboard for twenty days, because then it would turn into wine”
rJN0 TIL that while filming The Wizard of Oz, the actor playing the Wizard noticed the label “L Frank Baum” in a ragged coat that had been purchased at a thrift shop for his role. The coat had been sewn for the author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and was presented to his widow upon the films completion.