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TIL that an elongated head was an ideal of beauty among the Mangbetu people.

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p8Pvb TIL that Michigan has a reservoir that works as a giant battery. It pumps up water from Lake Michigan at night using off peak power. When there is high electrical demand the water is released to produce hydroelectric power.
gM50b TIL that a dog in China refused to leave his dead owner’s grave. He even refused to leave after 7 days without food. When a man took him home and fed him, he quickly left and ran back to the grave. He had been his owners’ sole companion. The villagers planned to build a kennel for him.
6EolX TIL That when Washington D.C. was first built and the federal government moved there, there was no building for the Supreme Court. They had no permanent meeting place until 1810, when they moved into the north wing (Senate) of the Capitol and stayed there until 1935 when they had their own building.
4ygo TIL Michael J. Fox’s middle name is ‘Andrew’
Xj8D TIL that on September 13, 1985 a USAF F-15 that was only slightly modified successfully shot down a US satellite.