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TIL the Jal Mahal (literally "water palace") is a palace in the middle of a lake in India, and 4 of its stories are under the lake.

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x6VRD TIL Abe Lincoln is known in many Indigenous communities as the murderer of the Lakota 38, the largest mass execution in US history.
x6EV0 TIL about Japan's Lost Generation, a group of young people who, between 1994 and 2004, were unable to find employment due to the Bubble Economy collapsing. Many of them never recovered financially, emotionally and relationally. Some of them withdrew from society and became social recluses.
4kvN6 TIL that hard-shell tacos were invented in the US by Mexican-Americans. After noticing how popular they were in San Bernardino, Glen Bell was taught how to make the shells and then opened a taco stand there in 1951 that became the first Taco Bell.
PY80L TIL that dentists & dental hygienists cannot tell if you’ve given a blowjob relatively recently, despite common assumption it doesn't causes unique soft palate damage
b6OKE TIL that Parkinson's Disease (PD) has a unique scent. Using her heightened sense of smell, 72-year-old Joy Milne can detect PD progression even before the onset of symptoms. She has since worked with scientists to develop a skin-swab test that can detect the disease with a purported 95% accuracy.