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TIL 10,000 Southerners fled the US for a small city in Brazil after the American Confederacy lost the Civil War in May 1865

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06ZL TIL in 1975 Australia had a government shutdown. In the end, all the members of Parliament were fired and then elections were held to restart from scratch. They haven’t had another shutdown since….
D1GVg TIL that there are still about twenty working phone numbers in America (different zip codes) for "867-5309"
jN8pj TIL wilhelm screen has been used in many Disney movies as an in-joke including toy story
GAkRQ TIL: “His Master’s Voice” was originally a painting by an artist of his later brother’s dog Nipper (so named because he’d nip people’s ankles). He also would listen intently to a recording of his dead master’s voice.
wLEO8 TIL researchers reported duplicating the glue that the sandcastle worms secrete and use to stick sand grains together underwater. They believe the glue to have applications as a biocompatible medical adhesive, for instance to repair shattered bones. For bone repair, it can replace pins and screws