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TIL That Jack Black’s mother helped with the Hubble space telescope.

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J1pJm TIL Historians hoped to create a permanent indoor exhibit at Dallas Love Field to commemorate Johnson being sworn in as President there after JFK assassination. Plans came to a mysterious halt before the 50th anniversary in 2013. It is not fully understood why, the director refuses to discuss it
X06wD TIL When male mongooses fight, the females sneak away to have sex with other males elsewhere.
ANKO7 TIL that the ruby-throated hummingbird flies non-stop across the Gulf of Mexico as part of its spring migration and has a VO2 max that is about 10 times higher than elite human athletes.
oRerY TIL: That between the years 1790 and 1800, Philadelphia was in fact the capital of the United States of America. The capital of the United States was moved to Washington D.C. in 1800 upon completion of the White House and U.S. Capitol buildings, where it has remained ever since.
krLd TIL in their “coming of age” ritual, aboriginals in Australia cut a “birth control” hole in the base of the boy’s penis and insert into it a splinter to keep it from closing. Urine and semen come out of the hole unless the subincision is plugged with a finger.