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TIL a Canadian National Historic Site is housed in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City

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rl9e TIL Henry Ford reduced the workday to 8 hours so he could add a third shift.
KY666 TIL baseball legend Ted Williams was wingman for astronaut legend John Glenn in the Korean War
16MMd TIL that between the abdication of Margrethe II of Denmark on 14 January 2024, and the election of Māori Queen, Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō on 5 September 2024, there were no female sovereigns in the world. This was the first time this had been the case in over 200 years.
VMQpk TIL no peer-reviewed attempt to replicate the Stanford Prison Experiment have reproduced the results, leading to allegations of fraud.
o8aW TIL Bolivia’s largest prison, San Pedro, has a society within itself, with no guards inside the walls. It has shops and restaurants run by inmates. Inmates elect their own leaders, get jobs to pay for their cell’s rent, and can even live with their wives and children