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TIL that there was an official national anthem of Qing China

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X0vJQ TIL that Paul McCartney and Wings’ third album, Band on the Run, was mostly recorded by Paul, his wife Linda, and guitarist Denny Laine, as guitarist Henry McCullough and drummer Danny Seiwell quit the band before their flight to Nigeria to record.
5YE9k TIL the country if Lesotho has an HIV rate of 24%, with 40% of urban women under 40 being HIV positive
95BQ TIL IBM has created a solar collector that distills water as a byproduct. If we covered just %2 of the Sahara with these, we could produce enough energy to meet the needs of the entire world.
d8Ybd TIL about Ensign Wasp. This small insect, occasionally found inside our houses, is actually beneficial to our homes because it feeds on cockroach eggs, thus controlling cockroach infestations :)
Y7OBx TIL the body of Xin Zhui, an Chinese noblewoman from the 2nd century BC, was found remarkably well preserved in a certain liquid in her airtight tomb. Her skin, muscles, organs, blood vessels, hair, and even finger prints were preserved, making it one of the best preserved ancient human remains.