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TIL the Statue of Liberty didn’t turn completely green until 1906

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m1DkO TIL that for 8 years (1990-1998) Michael Jordan never lost 3 games in a row, tallying up to 626 games. The next closest is Stephen Curry at 314 games.
6Eje8 TIL our solar system is surrounded by a "ring of fire"🔥 🔥 🔥 an 89,000F wall of plasma created by the interaction between the sun and interstellar winds.
GAxbj TIL Gimp, the lanyard crafting material, was originally called “Scoubidou” and the fad started in France
grxV4 TIL there was a British plan during WWIl to seal up soldiers in a hidden Gibraltar bunker so they could observe German military movements even if Gibraltar was captured.
69LN8 TIL E.B. White’s “Charlotte’s Web” is on banned books list b/c talking animals & “ it questions some religious beliefs.” https://readingpartners.org/blog/five-more-childrens-books-you-didnt-know-were-banned/