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TIL the disembodied hand of the Statue of Liberty sat in Madison Square for 6 years to raise money for the rest of the statue

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5vrp TIL that pendulums behave inexplicably different during solar eclipses, sometimes rotating up to 13 degrees in a span of 14 minutes (as opposed to the usual rate of 3.75 degrees per 15 minutes).
xV6pg TIL Russians were making color photos over 100 years ago.
lo7wA TIL that over 1983-2000, 96% of US plane crash victims survived.
Z8B5Y TIL that Radiohead composed a song for the James Bond movie "Spectre" which got rejected for being too dark.
wPvP TIL that 97% of Quebec, Canada’s electricity comes from hydroelectric dams. This cheap, clean, source of electricity provides $billions in annual profit to government, and has had a “near mythical” role in the province’s economic development.