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TIL Some Native American tribes owned Slaves.

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l7GP7 TIL that the phenomenon of struggling to fall asleep in a new bed is called the 'dolphin effect' or 'dolphin mode.' Dolphins can fully rest while keeping part of their brain awake, and something similar happens to us when we can't sleep in unfamiliar surroundings.
yQZ48 TIL that in order to legally busk in the Paris Metro, musicians have to successfully audition before a jury and qualify for one of the 250 to 300 licences handed out.
woeXM TIL After the 5th decade of life, there begins a noticeable reduction in body hair especially in the legs and the reason is unknown
6bQZ TIL of the International Friendship Exhibition in North Korea, which contains a VHS copy of Space Jam.
7rW7L TIL there was a tree found at ground zero a month after 9/11 in the rubble with burned and cracked roots and branches nearly dead, New York Parks and Recreation nursed it back to health and planted it where the towers stood in 2010. Today it marks survival, resilience and rebirth