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TIL there was once a project to build a canal across Florida to shorten the route between the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. It was about half completed when President Nixon cancelled it for environmental reasons.

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KOxQa TIL that there is a depiction of the Prophet Muhammed showing his face on the US Supreme Court north wall frieze. He is depicted among other "great lawgivers" of history (like Hammurabi and Napoleon) and depicted with the Quran and a sword
loM5B TIL the phrase "under God" was added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954 as part of the Cold War
QYDX TIL The Universal Edibility Test Is A Method Devised to Discern Edible Plants in a Survival Situation.
R7BK4 TIL After publishing his 1953 National Book Award winning debut novel Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison got to work on his second novel. In 1967 the manuscript of his already-overdue second novel was destroyed in a fire in his home. Ellison did not publish another novel before he died in 1994
GAkBE TIL scuba divers dive backwards to keep boats stable