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TIL The world's longest manned flight was 64 days, 22 hours and 19 minutes

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mdAy TIL the native americans planted three sisters (corn, beans, and squash) together so that they would benefit eachother. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds.
Wkpao TIL that the US has a law permitting the invasion of the (Hague) Netherlands if an American is dragged before the International Criminal Court.
0wLVA TIL that Napoleon has a theorem named after him in geometry. It states that,"if equilateral triangles are constructed on the sides of any triangle, either all outward or all inward, the lines connecting the centres of those equilateral triangles themselves form an equilateral triangle.
6EbYW TIL that Oviraptor, which is latin for egg taker, is a misnomer. The first discovered specimen was next to what were thought to be protoceratops eggs, so it was presumed to be an egg eater. It later turned out that those were Oviraptor eggs, meaning it was brooding them, not eating them.
Oo704 TIL There are 16 states who's lowest elevation is higher than Florida's highest elevation.