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TIL: Much of Yosemite National Park is under water bc of a dam. John Muir fought to protect it and said of this section’s beauty: “no holier temple has ever been consecrated by the heart of man.”

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0Zwv TIL that the Geneva Convention prohibits the use of modified weather as a weapon in war
R916 TIL in 1980, Maureen Wilcox bought lottery tickets in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and both tickets won in the wrong state
MermV TIL That Oscar the Grouch was originally orange in the 1st season of Sesame Street, his change to green in the second season was explained in show as the result of him visiting a swamp.
QXJX TIL A man has bitten by so many snakes, that his blood is able to be used as an antivenom.
OGBne TIL that there is no specific date for when the office of prime minister of the UK first appeared, as the role was not created but rather evolved over a period of time through a merger of duties.