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TIL of Marcel Lihau, a Congolese man that studied law in Belgium and helped establish two Constitutions for the new Congolese state in the 1960s. He sat on the country's first Supreme Court until 1975, when he was removed by the country's dictator, Joseph-Desiré Mobutu

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yGbe TIL Alan B. Shepard Jr., the first American in space, was grounded from spaceflight for the next 10 years due to an inner-ear disorder. When he was finally cured and chosen to walk on the moon, NASA headquarters grounded him again - from Apollo 13.
J1M6j TIL that Warwick Davis currently holds the record for the highest average gross revenue for any movie he has had a part in with an average of $623,573,404 over 24 films.
W7QW9 TIL oyster mushrooms are not just a source of food, they can also be made into mycellium, which in turns can be used to make bricks and house furniture. They can also be used to decontaminate the environment, for example to treat soil that had been polluted with diesel oil.
X0v4j TIL Henry George's funeral in New York was so large that many commentators argued about whether it was the largest funeral in New York history or if it was the largest since Lincoln's.
YpA9d TIL Mountain Goats are not actually in the same genus as other goats (Capra). Mountain Goats are the last surviving species of the genus Oreamnos.