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TIL of 1,000-year old windmills still operating in Iran

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NXENe TIL Richard Nixon's meeting with Chairman Mao in 1972, expected to be just for 15-20 minutes, lasted for more than an hour. Secretary of State William Rogers told Nixon that they couldn't be put in a position where Mao was seen as being above Nixon, such as when walking up stairs
9Knm TIL the “cheerleader effect”, the theory that girls look more attractive in groups, is scientifically proven
v1dA7 TIL in 2000, two visiting Egyptologists found that a 2,700-year-old statue was unwittingly being used as a bike rack by staff in the basement of a Southampton museum. It had been ignored for a century.
b649p TIL nazi preparations to invade Britain (Operation Sea Lion) after France fell in 1940 were obvious to the British, so they began to bolster their defenses to make any invasion as costly as possible. This included removing all street, road, and railway signs to sow maximum confusion in the enemy.
nMAG TIL Fidel Castro and his entourage stayed at the Hotel Theresa in Harlem, a centre of the Black community, during his 1960 New York City visit. There he felt African Americans would be more sympathetic to his cause. His stay in Harlem prompted many other leaders to visit the neighborhood