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TIL The exact origins of paper airplanes are lost in the mists of ancient early civilization, but evidence points to folded paper gliders being developed and refined concurrently in Ancient China and Japan sometime around 500 BC.

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R7vDl TIL In 1862 Lincoln signed the Morrill Act which took 10.7 million acres from 250 tribes creating violence-backed land-grab universities as the root of higher education, economic development, and improved quality of life. Lincoln ordered 38 Dakota resistance hanged, the largest ever mass execution.
M7yOV TIL Kevin’s irresponsible mother , who abandoned him so she could hang out with a polka band , had a side job singing a duets with Oingo Boingo
KbOG TIL in the late 1980’s a young janitor at a recording studio started recording his own music after work, playing all the instruments. The janitor was Trent Reznor, and the music became Nine Inch Nails
ADMA4 TIL Childhood Amnesia is the inability of adults to recall memories before the age of two to four years.
6EXvW TIL there is a Christmas tradition in Catalonia involving an anthropomorphic log that defecates candy. On Christmas Eve, children beat the log with sticks while singing the song "Caga tió" ("Shit, log") so that candy might appear the next morning.