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TIL GPS is a US-owned utility paid for by American taxpayers — in 2020, the US government will spend over $1.7B to fund the globally-used service

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ANZrx TIL about Kwihnai Tosabitʉ or "White Eagle," a Medicine Man and messiah of the Comanche Native American tribe. Uniting all of the Comanche people and several other groups, he led them to an immediate defeat and was renamed Isatai'i "Wolf's Vulva."
d6M7 TIL of the Sagrada Familia: A church in Barcelona that has been under construction for over 130 years, and is still not expected to be complete by 2026 at the earliest estimate.
JYYO8 TIL that the black band around the edge of auto glass is called “frit,” and what it does.
E1rMp TIL that Mahna Mahna, the famous Muppets song, was originally written for a 1960s softcore porn film about Swedish sexuality, and first appeared on Sesame Street 50 years ago this week. Mahna Mahna, do doo do do do!
j5vX TIL during world war ll because of food shortage and post-war factors , The Shiba Inu nearly became extinct . all dogs today are bred from the only three surviving bloodlines.