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TIL the first man to wear a top hat in public was arrested for disturbing the peace. The arresting officer claimed the sight of the hat caused women to faint, children to cry, and dogs to bark

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rNXAw TIL about the Fallen Astronaut, a 3.5 in/8.9 cm aluminum sculpture. It is a stylized figure of an astronaut in a spacesuit, intended to commemorate the astronauts and cosmonauts who have died in the advancement of space exploration. It was placed on the Moon by the crew of Apollo 15 in 1971
W7XDo TIL That Crocodile Poop was used for Birth Control in Ancient Egypt
BgRZd TIL that in the Bhutan democracy was forced upon people. King made a reforms that removed monarch as a head of state, made a mandatory abdication of kings at the age of 65 and introduced free elections. People were reluctant about these changes but accepted them because they came from the king
e0a4J TIL that Fractals are patterns of the same order, that can be a different magnitude, and often found in nature.
JYgK4 TIL it is currently the year 4716 in China.