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TIL that there is a Marble frieze of The Prophet Muhammad at the U.S. Supreme Court, dressed in long robes and carrying a sword.

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7jjM TIL that after large animals went extinct, such as the mammoth, avocados had no method of seed dispersal, which would have lead to thier extinction without early human farmers.
GYOej TIL: The super rich of Germany are one of the most discreet in the world. This is due to a combination of not wanting to be a subject of envy, some of them deriving their wealth from WW2, and the public perception of the rich is one of the poorest in the world.
yQgWe TIL jumper cables were invented in 1863 by a man named William Jumper. They were originally invented to restart batteries for mechanical devices, and have become an essential tool to have in most vehicles today.
loKB TIL an Inuit man escaped a Canadian settlement by defecating in his hand and forming a knife then killing a dog and using its rib cage as a dog sled.
YnAA TIL there is a mid-rise shopping center in Zimbabwe which uses an air conditioning system inspired by African termite hills. It is ventilated and cooled by natural means, and uses less than 10% of the energy of a conventional building its size.