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TIL if you stroke metal rods you can make them sing.

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BgpdW TIL the earliest Mancala boards date back to 5870 ± 240 BC and were found in the floor of a Neolithic dwelling in Ghazal, Jordan. The origin of Mancala is unknown, but it's one of the oldest games still played today.
m7EM TIL Marilyn Monroe was really good friends with Ella Fitzgerald. Monroe was instrumental in getting Ella past racial barriers to perform and they stayed friend till death.
oR9wK TIL about the Okipa Festival, which is a festival that tests participants physically, mentally, and spiritually, challenging them to endure pain and hardship to prove their strength, dedication, and readiness to take on adult responsibilities within their communities.
R6Vl TIL in the 1970s, over 700,000 tires, held together by steel, were dumped off the coast of Florida to create an artificial reef. The steel later rusted apart, detaching the tires and causing an environmental disaster.
1aPDW TIL that Havarti cheese has a Protected Geographical Indication designation (it’s Danish).