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TIL King Kalakaua of Hawai'i was the first Monarch to Circumnavigate the world in 1881

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dD6xK TIL there is a village in the basin of the Grand Canyon called Supai. It's the capital of the Havasupai Indian Reservation. It is one of the most remote towns in the United States and it's only accessible by foot or by helicopter. It's the only place in the US where mail is still carried by mules.
x6apB TIL Sir Peter Jackson owns a version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang used in the film and the car is fully driveable.
LQw70 TIL the oldest human footprints ever found outside Africa are nearly 1 million years old, and were discovered on a beach in Norfolk, England.
E1QlV TIL: The concept of being dominantly left or right brained is a myth. And, the neuroscience community has never accepted the idea of 'left-dominant' or 'right-dominant' personality types.
xVlpB TIL Opossums are actually really helpful to humans.