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TIL that after the Bastille was stormed and demolished, some of its stones were carved into miniature versions of itself.

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8Db4 TIL: On the map for the Animaniacs song “Yakko’s World” where he names every country, Tibet does not appear on the map. But when he names it and points to where it would be in China, it lights up (skip to 1:15 to see it)
GAoW1 TIL the theory of Plate Tectonics was only validated/proven in the 1960s
J5pB TIL of Harvard Observatory astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt; given the boring job of examining the luminosity of stars in thousands of photos, she discovered how to measure the distance between the Earth and faraway galaxies. At the time, she was not allowed to operate Harvard’s telescope.
g1vL TIL that France is the most successful military power in European history, having won 109 wars, drawn 10 and lost 49
m1Y0x TIL that alcohol consumption in the U.S. was almost 300% higher in the 1800s, and that whiskey at the time was cheaper than beer, coffee or milk.