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TIL Morocco was the first country to recognize the United States as an independent sovereign nation

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EgZRd TIL Rick James and Neil Young were in a band together Called the Mynah Birds.
XOWE TIL M.C. Escher created a recursive print called “Print Gallery” that he was unable to complete because of the complexity of the remaining region. A pair of Dutch mathematicians recently modeled the geometry of the print and completed the illustration.
kR5E TIL: of the foldscope. A microscope that provides magnification from 140X to 2,000X. It is assembled from a punched sheet of cardstock, a spherical glass lens, a light emitting diode and a diffuser panel, along with a watch battery. It is designed to cost less than US$1 to build.
j6RvN TIL that in many states, possession of fentanyl test strips and other test strips is considered a felony.
epkZn TIL Robert Wadlow was the tallest person in history at 2.72 m (8 ft 11.1 in) tall.