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TIL of a Georgia school that hosted its first racially integrated prom in 2013

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DQ46r TIL about "glacier mice": mysterious balls of moss found in icy environments that move in herds at about 1inch a day. How they form and how/why they move is unknown.
5VMWk TIL Ferdinand Verbiest created the first vehicle which moved under its own power in 1672 as an amusement for the Chinese Emperor Kangxi. The steam vehicle was 2 ft in length and built like a five-wheeled cart-like trolley
6EBa7 TIL that it is estimated that approximately 35 million Americans are descendants of the original 102 passengers who came to America aboard the Mayflower.
N7MKM TIL a carpenter in Latvia made a "Rabbit Village" with more than 65 breeds of rabbits and 30+ miniature houses done in the traditional Latvian style.
N7QBQ TIL that in 1849, a fossil arm bone from a 10 foot long sea turtle was discovered in a streambed in New Jersey. In 2012, an amateur paleontologist found the other half of the same bone and the two halves were reunited after more than 160 years apart