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TIL The National African American Archives and Museum is in Mobile, Alabama. Exhibits include the History of Colored Carnival, which describes the African-American contributions to Carnival and Mardi Gras celebrations in Mobile and New Orleans

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Eg6ZP TIL that in 1984, we sent two balloons to float around the atmosphere of Venus. The two probes, Vega 1 and Vega 2, consisted of a spacecraft, a lander and a balloon explorer. After dropping the lander and balloon, Vega 1 and 2 went on to rendezvous with Halley’s Comet.
84pX TIL that people on the south Pacific Pitcairn Islands, descended from British mutineers and accompanying Tahitians, speak an English creole that is heavily influenced by naval lingo. “To fall over” is “to capsize” while for “everyone” they say “all hands” (from “all hands on deck”).
kOdP7 TIL Charlie the goat who played Black Philip in the 2015 movie The Witch was so problematic on set that numerous intended scenes had to be dropped from filming, after the violent and uncooperative billy goat tormented the cast and crew and sent one actor to the hospital with a dislodged tendon
QJ6eM TIL that in the 1970s, American Kitchen Foods released 'I hate peas!', which were just peas disguised in a fry-shaped format to get more kids to eat peas. The product, along with the rest of the 'I hate' line, was not well-received by kids.
N1lb TIL of diamond fluorescence which effects about 30% of diamonds and causes them to glow under UV light.