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TIL that Unicode includes the character 🕴, known as "Man in Business Suit Levitating"

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WkVXN TIL that until 1930, Brazil was actually called The "United States of Brazil". That means that until relatively recently, there was a USA and a USB in the American continent, one North one South.
NXV81 TIL that mice can go into depression and empathize with other mice.
vdN7 TIL that Mythbuster’s Grant Imahara built the R2-D2 in Star Wars Ep.1&2, and the Energizer Bunny
69QDw TIL: Some McDonald's Restaurants only have one arch because that was the original design to hold up the signs.
1Wvr Today I Learned that Niagara Falls fell silent one day in the 1800’s, the water just stopped flowing for 30-40 hours. This happened late at night and those who lived near the falls were very surprised with how erie silent it was all of a sudden.