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TIL mother’s day was officially made a holiday in 1914, so this year is the 100th anniversary.

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X05mD TIL about the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 - don't move those nests!
4XnWa TIL in 1955, someone dropped a 600-year-old plaster Buddha Statue only to discover the plaster was covering a solid gold statue beneath
awrPA TIL that the artist Banksy financed and helped design the hotel "with the worst view in the world" overlooking the wall separating Israeli and Palestinian sections of Bethlehem.
n5EG TIL that researchers estimate that the Internet consumes less than 2% of the total energy consumed by humanity (as of 2011)
XE5JP TIL that Nearly Half Of Deployed US Soldiers Drink 1 Energy Drink Per Day