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TIL That there is a 1500km band of land in Namibia covered in unexplained “Fairy Circles” that appear to grow and also die. Scientists have studied the area for over 30 years and still do not know their cause.

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lEd5 TIL that when a Ford plant pulled out of Green Island, NY the town seized it’s water-powered electrical turbine by eminent domain and now it provides electric to it’s residents for about 40% cheaper than surrounding areas. Most residents have electric heat.
awkMZ TIL that multiple investigations into Hurricane Katrina and its impact on New Orleans concluded that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which had designed and built the region’s levees decades earlier, was responsible for the failure of the flood-control systems.
GGY7 TIL In March 1942 Life Magazine published 6 maps showing possible German/Japanese invasion plans into the US.
BgvLx TIL as our brains develop from age 4 to 36, we tend to judge perpetrators less severely, as we make more room for accidental causes and other circumstantial factors.
KOLrB TIL that the flower in Mr. Wilson’s yard from Dennis the Menace (1993), that only blooms once every 10-20 years is real and smells like dead rotting animals.