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TIL the modern Ouija Board got its name by asking the board what it should be called

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gMgb8 TIL that George Clooney was instrumental in developing the Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP), which monitors African conflict regions and provides early warning for potential atrocities.
yQWOa TIL that in 2013 a French businessman died of a heart attack while having sex with a stranger while on a business trip. A French court subsequently ruled that this was an industrial accident and that his wife and family were entitled to compensation
m6Yv TIL that, by examining high-resolution satellite imagery with algorithms developed via trial-and-error, Sarah Parcak and her team have discovered 17 pyramids, 1,000 tombs, and over 3,100 settlements in Egypt alone. She now wants to crowdsource “space archaeology” to prevent looting of ancient sites.
Z9ND TIL North and South Korean armies choose their physically toughest looking soldiers to have a constant ongoing “stare down” across the Korean border to determine who is more powerful.
WLQX TIL Ireland has a small island of artists who elect their own kings, even though they have no powers.