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TIL North Carolina gave $20 million in taxpayer dollars to clean up dead farm animals after Hurricane Florence, then also reimbursed farmers for the animals

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QX09 TIL coconut crabs are suspected of hiding Amelia Earhart’s remains.
N7nMP TIL the Kaaba ???? in the Great Mosque of Mecca is black because it's covered with a giant silk shroud called the kiswah. It's made with 670 kgs of black silk, embroidered with 15 kg of gold thread, and costs $4.5 million to make. It's also replaced every year by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
M7Nk8 TIL Abraham Lincoln and Elvis Presley were related, 3rd cousins 5 times removed. They are part of the Harrison family line, a family with medieval roots who produced a US founding father and two other US presidents besides Lincoln
dDXk9 TIL about The “Victory Speed”. Beginning in May of 1942 and ending in August of 1945, a nationwide speed limit of 35 miles per hour was instated. The “Victory Speed” limit was instated in order to reduce gasoline and rubber consumption.
V8Kk TIL that unfrosted Pop-tarts have more calories than frosted Pop-tarts