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TIL Founded in 1898, the focus for Belgium's Royal Museum for Central Africa has shifted from the degradation the Congolese people faced under Belgian rule to an anthropological celebration and a space for contemporary African art. After a $84 million facelift, it became the AfricaMuseum in 2018

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Oo0E4 TIL about Russia's "spacecraft graveyard" in the Altai region, where over 2,500 tons of space debris -- some dozens of feet long -- have rained down since the start of the Space Age. As new space junk falls, locals rush to raid the wreckage for precious metals they can sell.
xgg0 TIL The 13 steps of the pyramid on the back of the dollar bill represent the original 13 colonies. The fact that it’s unfinished symbolizes room for future growth
dBlK TIL Mussolini bribed Greek generals not to resist an Italian invasion during WWII, only to have Greek resistance fighters push his army back into Albania. The invasion was a display of confidence that highlighted Mussolini’s recklessness and proved the weakness of the Italian army.
m1v5v TIL blue whales appear 1.33 times larger than their true size because of refraction of light in water.
GE4J TIL the song “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons currently holds the record for most weeks spent on the Billboard Hot 100 at 87 weeks and the record for slowest ascension to the top 5 in chart history.