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TIL in the 90s an Indian Transcendental Meditation guru founded a planned city near Fairfield Iowa called the Maharishi Vedic City. The city uses a special type of architecture which it claims promotes happiness and peace.

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j67lX TIL Dwarfs and pygmies in ancient Egypt were seen as possessing celestial gifts, they were treated with considerable respect and often held high social positions, including working directly for the king. Many were buried in royal cemeteries.
NJK8 TIL that the United States experiences approximately 75 percent of all tornadoes in the world.
a888y TIL about Cropmarks. They are archeological ruins only visible from the air. They result from more dry or fertile crops due to the soil disruption when ancient sites were built.
wokxY TIL that tattooing is illegal in Cuba
9Rpr TIL in 1933, a University of Alabama professor voluntarily allowed a black widow spider to bite him as scientists recorded him suffering in agony for three days. Before this there were skeptics who believed black widows were not dangerous to humans.