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TIL There’s 3 different cities named Murfreesboro.

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lo8Y7 TIL that the Mask of Warka, the oldest discovered accurate depiction of a human face (3100 BC), disappeared from the National Museum of Iraq after the 2003 US invasion. A US military mission to recover lost artifacts found the mask, undamaged, buried in a farmer's backyard.
pYwM4 TIL Earwax is produced by the ear to clean and protect itself. It's secreted by glands in the skin that line the outer half of your ear canals. The wax and tiny hairs in these passages trap dust and other foreign particles that could damage deeper structures, such as your eardrum
EgdJX TIL to avoid detection by sats Indian scientists working on nuclear testing would only work at night and return things to normal place by morning
6aKZ TIL The Supreme Court unanimously decided that tomatoes were vegetables
LQQ1v TIL Most modern Fire Trucks and Engines don't have keys