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TIL that Kansas banned public bars until 1986

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166dr TIL Jim Henson was an early pioneer in digital sets and computer-created puppets.
WkLML TIL of Elephas falconeri, an extinct species of dwarf elephant that only grew about as big as a dog.
nlar TIL there may exist objects in our Universe that behave just the opposite of a black hole (a white hole). They cannot be entered from the outside, but matter and light can escape. The Big Bang might have been a white hole itself, and big bangs possibly occur at the center of all black holes.
kOWJ7 TIL that the “BASE" in BASE jumping is an acronym that stands for four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump: building, antenna, span, and earth
R5R7Q TIL; That Peter Jackson director of Lord of the Rings - Built an entire movieset replica of Frodo baggins hobbit hole house "bag-end" underneath his new zealand mansion, and you get there via a secret wine cellar tunnel; Not only that, but Danny Divito also visits him regularly to hang out there.