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TIL that National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts is the world’s largest performing art theater under one roof, and cost roughly $320 million USD to build

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6Ew08 TIL Harriet Tubman, the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad, relied on celestial navigation to guide herself and others along their route. They used the Big Dipper (which resembled a drinking gourd) to find the North Star, and they followed that beacon to freedom.
719O TIL Mosquitos have collectively killed more human beings throughout history than any other factor, including war
ddjE TIL that Pat Morita (Mr. Miyagi) spent his first 9 years of his life in a hospital and when he was finally well enough to leave, was sent to a Japanese internment camp in Arizona.
loPBK TIL that Spartans only allowed marked graves for men who died in battle and women who died in childbirth.
wYb6 TIL that M&M stands for Mars and Murrie’s