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TIL the U.S. Supreme Court Building has a basketball court located on the fifth floor, named the “Highest Court in the Land”

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4XPd5 TIL about the Mirror test, which attempts to determine if an animal possesses the ability of visual self-recognition. The animal gets marked and is then given a mirror. If the animal investigates the mark,it is taken as an indication that the animal perceives the reflected image as itself.
ADjag TIL that Medieval mapmakers supposedly inscribed the phrase “Here Be Dragons” on maps showing unknown regions of the world. Unfortunately, however, it appears that, apart from an inscription on a single, 16th-century globe, this claim is unfounded.
vlD8 TIL the last recorded words to come from inside the Challenger Space Shuttle before it exploded were, “Uh oh.”
MABa TIL Rio de Janeiro was once capital of Portugal, making it the only European capital outside of Europe
DQ0GJ TIL that Primm in Fallout New Vegas is a real Nevada town, and there is a Buffalo Bill casino there that has an actual rollercoaster.