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TIL Mount Rushmore has a hidden hallway with granite stairs that was designed to hold American relics and documents

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4X0W5 TIL In 1850, a man who claimed he was the brother of Jesus started a rebellion in China that killed 30 million people. It was one of the bloodiest conflicts in human history.
ANRml TIL about the Kahina. An Amazigh (Berber) queen who ruled an independent kingdom in what is today Algeria. Caught between the Umayyad and Byzantine Empires, she opted to fight instead and died in battle sometime around 703 AD.
9wlpM TIL people were using tidal power as early as 600 AD
VBjPG TIL that by 2050, the Northwest Passage—once an impossible Arctic route—will become the most valuable shipping lane on Earth, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific through Canada and Greenland.
6Z8W TIL Mordor is an actual place, a red spot on one of Pluto’s moons.