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TIL Loneliness can weaken the immune system

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DQGXr TIL that in 1910, the U.S. Congress nearly passed the "American Hippo Bill" to import hippopotamuses to Louisiana's bayous to address a meat shortage and control invasive water hyacinths
xmG1 TIL That in 1978 a monolithic rock was moved from Machu Picchu to make way for a helicopter landing site for the Royalty of Spain. This was done again in 1989, for a meeting of Latin-American leaders, damaging the stone beyond repair and so it was buried.
nVXP TIL that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams visited William Shakespeare’s house together, and chipped off a piece of his chair as a souvenir.
jNy7E TIL Nikki Giovanni's only tattoo is "Thug Life".
d88lE TIL that China poured more cement between 2011 and 2013 than the US used in the entire 20th century