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TIL that the US State Department recommends drafting a will if you plan to travel to Somalia.

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Y7nP7 TIL Mormon leader Brigham Young chose the city name Fillmore in Millard County to be the capital of Utah Territory. It was in appreciation of President Millard Fillmore naming Young the Territorial Governor. When Fillmore didn’t get his party’s nomination, Young moved the capital to Salt Lake City.
kOxvE TIL of pocket parks, mini-sized parks with room enough for one swing, that neighborhoods build in order to banish registered sex offenders who are not allowed to live within 2000 ft of them.
LlVV TIL Alexander Graham Bell did not invent the telephone. It was originally invented by Antonio Meucci, however he could not afford the $10 to renew his ‘impending patent’. Alexander filed a patent for the idea and Antonio died before legal action could be taken.
kO0LE TIL while the world’s 370 million indigenous peoples make up less than five percent of the total human population, they manage or hold tenure over 25 percent of the world’s land surface and support about 80 percent of the global biodiversity
0JBM TIL Tim Harris is a man with Down syndrome who owns and runs a restaurant in Albuquerque, Tim’s Place. It’s the only known restaurant owned by a person with Down syndrome. He has also won more Olympic medals than Michael Phelps, at the Special Olympics.