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TIL Steve Jobs used to get a new car every 6 months to avoid driving around with a license plate

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Ybor TIL that William Henry Jackson’s photos played an important role in convincing Congress in 1872 to establish Yellowstone National Park, the first national park of the U.S. He was in a position to capture the first photographs of legendary landmarks of the West.
QNgbe TIL on July 14, 1776, Daniel Boone’s 14-year old daughter Jemima and two other teen girls were kidnapped by a Cherokee-Shawnee raiding party. As the girls were being taken they tore off bits of their clothing to provide a trail. They were found 3 days later and safely returned.
rNy5M TIL about the Fermi Paradox which tries to reconcile math that shows a universe full of earth-like planets but we’ve yet to meet an Alien 👽
KYOoB TIL Union Veterans opposed the construction of a statue in Washington, DC honoring a rebel general.
L9QZ TIL art was part of the summer olympics between 1912 to 1948. Medals were given for architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture.