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TIL that as a group, inhabitants of different cities tend to have different personality profiles, and having a good fit between your own personality and your city's personality profile can significantly improve your self esteem.

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b919N TIL that The world's largest museum dedicated to an animal - The Crocodile Museum in Aswan. The museum is located in front of the Kom Ombo Temple, which was dedicated to worshiping the god Sobek, which takes the crocodile body.
Z8xx4 Space is not empty, nor is it silent. While technically a vacuum, space nonetheless contains energetic charged particles, governed by magnetic and electric fields, and it behaves, unlike anything we experience on Earth. In regions laced with magnetic fields, such as the space environment surrounding our planet, particles are continually tossed to and fro by the motion of various electromagnetic waves known as plasma waves. These plasma waves, like the roaring ocean surf, create a rhythmic cacophony that — with the right tools — we can hear across space.
EgJ5X TIL that Because English and British generals insisted The French unit that helped librate Paris would be all white, a white french unit had to be shipped in from Morocco, and was supplemented with volunteers from Spain and Portugal. Making it all white but not all French.
NXdKQ TIL that in 2009, a 52 year old man used forged papers to enroll as a high school student at Waterford High School.