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TIL that Shaq joined the Freemasons in 2011

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nWo9Y TIL that Gutzon Borglum, the designer and sculptor for Mount Rushmore, was later commissioned to create a statue of Woodrow Wilson in Poznań, Poland. The statue was destroyed in 1945 when the Soviets and Germans fought for control of the city.
BrN6W TIL of the Christmas Eve parlor game Snap-dragon, where raisins are placed in a bowl of brandy, the brandy is lit on fire, and participants have to snatch the burning raisins.
KYYWG TIL NASA research has created over 1920 Spinoff products. NASA Spinoffs include memory foam, DustBusters, and cochlear implants. But contrary to common belief, NASA did not invent Tang, Velcro, or Teflon.
J1Vj4 TIL that lobsters don’t age in the traditional sense. Unlike other animals, they keep growing, stay fertile, and don’t weaken with time. In theory, a lobster could live forever if nothing incidental kills it. They basically live until they get unlucky.
neMeo TIL there is an “island” of Kentucky that is surrounded by Missouri and Tennesse and entirely separated from the rest of the state.