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TIL that Mark Zuckerberg bought 700 acres of beachfront land in Hawaii. He built a wall around the property and then tried to force hundreds of Native Hawaiians to forfeit their gathering rights to the land by suing them

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5VJDD TIL that there is a monument in Georgia that gives instructions in 8 languages on how to rebuild society after an unknown apocalyptic event, and it also functions as a compass, calendar, and clock.
J1RDk TIL that The British Pound is the oldest currency in the world, it has been used for over 1,200 years and dated back to Anglo-Saxon era. Back then it equivalent to 1 pound of silver. One pound back then could buy you 15 cows.
E1wYV TIL FDR was almost killed by a US warship in WWII. During a secret trans-Atlantic trip, he asked for ship demos. One accidentally fired a torpedo at FDR's ship (which moved fast enough to avoid the hit). Afterward, the destroyer was routinely greeted with the hail "Don't shoot! We're Republicans!"
VBnQQ TIL about the ‘head bobble’ where the speaker tilts their head side-to-side to indicate light agreement.