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TIL North Dakota’s Tourism Slogan is “Hello”

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6EOaZ TIL In 1979, two tiny silver scrolls were found in a burial chamber southwest of the Old City of Jerusalem. Dated 400 years before the Dead Sea Scrolls, the scrolls were examined and found to contain the Priestly Benediction, Numbers 6:24-26.
ANEJw TIL that Napoleon Bonaparte would sometimes disguise himself as a commoner and roam the streets asking people what they thought of the regime and its policies in order to gauge his popularity
kBy7 TIL Mary Gibbs (voice of Boo in Monsters INC) was too young to sit to record her lines so they followed her around with a mic.
AYXd TIL that seagulls can drink saltwater, since they have special glands which filter out the salt.
yVYJa TIL Bugs Bunny during World War II, was officially inducted into the marines, who discharged him after the war as a master sergeant.