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TIL the Beverly Clock is the longest running clock, has never needed wound since its creation In 1864, and is commonly mistaken to be a perpetual motion machine

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d8K9B TIL that a B-52 once flew without most of its tail. The crew was preparing to eject when they realised they still have some control of the plane and flew it back. In total, the bomber flew for 5 hours without 83 percent of its tail.
8RMP TIL France gives medals to citizens who have successfully raised several children with dignity.
J5Bv TIL It is legal to open carry a sword in California, but only if it’s sheathed.
XE0dR TIL that the last "wild" American Indian - Ishi - walked out into the Western world near Oroville, California in 1911
8eR5Z TIL Hans Christian Ørsted made the first connection between electricity and magnetism, which brought about a communications revolution due to its application to the electric telegraph