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TIL The Hammer of Thor is one of the official religious emblems available for headstones in U.S. military cemeteries.

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xVv05 TIL that in 1987, there were only 22 California Condors left on the planet. After an aggressive captive breeding and release program was implemented—where all of the birds were caught to help preserve the species—now there are 439 birds, 225 of which are in the wild.
e0VJb TIL of a mysterious fossil animal from Petrified Forest National Park called Kraterokheriodon, known only from a single tooth so strange that it is impossible to classify what kind of animal it came from.
l71k7 Today I learned,Greenland has a higher homicide rate than America per capita
M49B TIL: Some airlines will not let an adult male passenger sit next to an unaccompanied child. British Airways was sued because of this practice and lost, admitting to sex discrimination. They have since ended the policy but other airlines still defend it.
OogX7 TIL During the Great Depression, W.K. Kellogg structured his cereal plant to work four six-hour shifts instead of three eight-hour shifts, providing employment for more people.