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TIL that the antonym of cleave is cleave

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M7vX0 TIL that Göbekli Tepe in Turkey is the world’s oldest known megalithic structure, dating back to 9500 BCE. Built by hunter-gatherers 6,000 years before Stonehenge, it challenges the theory that agriculture was a prerequisite for the construction of complex monumental complexes.
YPpZ TIL that when Disney first previewed the Abe Lincoln animatronic to the public, a valve ruptured during the show. This caused Lincoln to collapse and leak red hydraulic fluid, prompting the audience to believe Disney was re-creating his assassination.
vPk8L TIL "Marriage by Proxy" allows couples to be married in some US states with only one of them physically present and the other represented by a stand-in. In Montana a "double proxy" is possible where neither party attends the wedding.
oyPL TIL a documentary film called “My Kid Could Paint That”, which was supposed to be about a child painting prodigy, turned into an investigative piece when it turned out her parents were likely producing “her” artwork
dD4r9 TIL about TK, a boy who experienced total brain death at age 4 but was kept alive for another 20 years. His body grew as he aged but he never regained awareness. His autopsy showed nothing recognizable as brain.