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TIL only 4% of Americans had a passport in the 1990s

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JYXZV TIL that "paradise" is a word derived from a proto-Iranian word that meant "walled enclosure"
pAp8 TIL A researcher once played a recording of an elephant who had died. The sound was coming from a speaker hidden in a thicket. The family went wild calling, looking all around. The dead elephant’s daughter called for four days afterward.
neJRY TIL that the loudest animals on the planet are sperm whales. They communicate with clicks that reach 236db and can be heard by fellow sperm whales more than 1000 miles away
OolmL TIL about "The Johnson Treatment", where President Lyndon Johnson used to urinate or expose his penis during conversations to establish dominance.
DGND TIL a mason in 1700’s Jerusalem left his wooden ladder behind after doing some work on a church and now it can’t be moved without the agreement and permission of six different Christian leaders.