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TIL that Anaxagoras, an ancient Greek philosopher, was exiled for claiming the moon was just a rock, not a deity.

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vP5m4 TIL about Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. A cliff in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains was used for 5,500 years to run buffalo off it to their death. A pile of bones 30 feet tall and hundreds of feet long can be found at the base of the cliff.
wLZVJ TIL Paw Paw French is a dialect of French that was widely spoken in Missouri for hundreds of years. Today there are only a few dozen native speakers left.
VBBwk TIL an orange tabby cat called Stubbs was the mayor of Talkeetna, a small town in Alaska for 20 years! He had several uncontested elections and although he didn’t hold any legislative power, he was loved by locals and tourists alike.
Dy7j TIL That in 1998, a US Navy warship became dead in the water after the Navy opted to run the ship on Windows NT 4.0 instead of a more fitting OS. A sailor unknowingly divided by zero, causing an overflow error and killing the entire ship.
nXn7 TIL the Norwegians have their government outgunned by 16:1