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TIL The Oldest Surviving Mosque in the USA is in Cedar Rapids Iowa

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L7rV TIL that last time when US president formally declared a war supported by Congress was in 1942. Everything since were conflicts without war proclamation.
6y57 TIL When David Bowie performs “Man Who Sold the World”, he would encounter kids that say “It’s cool you’re doing a Nirvana song.” He would in his mind say “Fuck you, you little tosser!”
nW4PG TIL about John Williams, the oldest MMA fighter, who participated in and won 1 fight at 70 years old. He also achieved over 100 weightlifting records, a world record for breaking 10 blocks of ice with a single punch, and could perform 13 consecutive hours of judo throws.
R5dBj TIL that modern nuclear submarines are so well camouflaged that in 2009, two French and British nuclear ballistic missile submarines collided by chance in the Atlantic Ocean. They were moving so slowly that they couldn't have detected each other just a few feet apart.
b9AAQ TIL that our own stomach has to constantly secrete mucus to stop itself from being digested by our own stomach acid. Without that mucus, our stomach acid would eat through our stomach’s lining.