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TIL: King Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines

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pYAXe TIL that the first man-made object that was send to space (above the Karman line) was German.
lov0G TIL Young children will often effortlessly write in perfect mirror image because they haven't yet unlearned the idea that every object in the world is the same thing regardless of its orientation. 'Mirror writing' comes easily to them. Eg; A teddy is a teddy upside down or not, but a 'p' is not 'b'.
1MKP TIL the only three countries in the whole world that don’t grant ANY paid family leave are The United States of America, Oman and Papua New Guinea.
6ExyY TIL Sheep and goats are being used for weed control in difficult to reach areas, and to keep vegetation down from around runways, discouraging wildlife from gathering and causing danger to aircraft. They will eat noxious weeds as an environmentally friendly alternative to herbicides in city parks.