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TIL the government only recognized Area 51 as an actual government location in 2003.

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eygn TIL it wasn’t uncommon for married couples to sleep in separate beds until the industrial revolution, when people moved to crowded cities and living space was needed.
xVvp1 TIL: Sexagesimal (base 60) is a numeral system with sixty as its base. It originated with the ancient Sumerians in the 3rd millennium BC, was passed down to the ancient Babylonians, and is still used—in a modified form—for measuring time, angles, and geographic coordinates.
jNJxa TIL the term “mark” originated from the carnival. When dishonest game operators found someone they could entice to keep playing their rigged game, they would "mark" the player by patting their back with a hand that had chalk on it. Other carnies would then keep an eye out for rubes with chalk marks.
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16pWW TIL that there's a museum in Japan that's dedicated to rocks that look like human faces!