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TIL That Nicolas Cage did in fact deny that he is a time travelling vampire

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rN5a1 TIL: The Henry Ford Museum has a test tube containing the last breath of Thomas Edison on display
EgGQ7 TIL of "The Quiet Birdmen" a secretive fraternal order for Male Aviators in the United States. Founded in 1921 by World War I pilots, the organization meets in various locations, never announced to the public. Members, called QBs, must be invited to join, and they join for life.
L4DQ TIL Massachusetts passed laws requiring children to be educated by the 1640s and informally required children to be taught to read and write from its founding. Mississippi, on the other hand, was the last state to create compulsory education laws, and didn’t require school attendance until 1918.
WkgNX TIL a 42,000 year old foal was found entombed and in great condition in permafrost. It is "the best-preserved Ice Age animal ever found in the world,” according to Grigoryev, head of the Mammoth Museum in Yakutsk.
JY6Kv TIL steam is an invisible gas. If you can see it, it’s not steam, it is condensation.