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TIL The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum displayed Wonder Woman’s Invisible Jet for one day only: April 1, 2015

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kJkOW TIL The statue of Migjid Janraisig in Gandan Monestary, Ulaanbaatar Mongolia is The Tallest Indoor Statue In The World.
pYR1p TIL that Maya cities had high levels of mercury, which may have led to their abandonment.
ykXV TIL that in Pokemon Red/Blue, the reason you had to go next door to trade in your casino winnings is because of a loop hole in Japanese gambling laws
9kLB TIL there’s a valve in fetal hearts that diverts blood away from the lungs while in utero. It begins closing at the first breath as the baby gets oxygen from it’s own lungs for the first time.
5YJbD TIL that in the early 20th century, giving birth at hospital was more dangerous than at home. Reasons appareantly include doctors not washing hands (gentelmen have clean hands), being undertrained and overusing unnecessary (and harmful) procedures just to look cooler than midwifes.