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TIL Kongo Gumi is a construction company founded in 578AD and still in operation

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xV8Kk Today I learned that a group of engineering students from Purdue University found that it takes 364 licks to get to the center of a tootsie pop.
E1dK0 TIL that pharaoh Tutankhamun was buried with a dagger from space. The dagger was forged from meteorite, proving early metal - working in egypt.
NmAE TIL that the southern United States converted all its railroads from broad gauge (5 feet/1.524 meters) to standard gauge (4 feet 8 1⁄2 inches/​1.435 meters) in 36 hours starting on May 31, 1886
6aQl TIL the first service animal training schools were established in Germany during World War I to enhance the mobility of returning veterans who were blinded in combat.
epmVn TIL Astronaut Ron McNair played the first musical instrument in space in 1984. He was a tenor saxophone player but could only fit a curved soprano sax. He got to play it in space but there was a media blackout at the time