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TIL there was supposed to be a Black Taj Mahal opposite of the original, but was never fully built.

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5Yvlp TIL that according to the US Census Bureau, Maryland, Delaware, and even Washington DC are considered "the South," even though they're historically and universally considered "North" in terms of politics, geography, and culture.
d8Old TIL that you can use dog blood to save a cat in need of a transfusion, but only once. Cats have no natural antibodies to dog blood, but then they will develop them after exposure. Any future transfusions must then use cat blood.
JYx8V TIL that the mine car sequence in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was originally to have appeared in Raiders of the Lost Ark, after the Ark is opened, and would have showed Indy and Marion loading the Ark on a mine car to escape with the rest of the Nazis in pursuit.
e0glJ TIL of Luluwa (aka Aclima, Kalmana /Calmana), twin sister of Cain and wife of Abel. She is thought to be the first female born naturally in rabbinic traditions.
Y70kx TIL U.S. railroads adopted the Standard Time System on the "Day of Two Noons." On Nov. 18, 1883, the Univ. of Pittsburgh's observatory telegraphed railroads at the exact moment of high noon under the 90th meridian line to reset/synchronize their clocks, dissolving the 100+ timezones previously used.