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TIL in 2003 when the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington was in a cracked state from weathering, a retired used car salesmen purchased a $31,000 marble slab to donate for its repair. The donation was rejected by Congress in part because it didn’t go through a competitive bidding process.

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Q7LX TIL the KKK was denied the permit to Sponsor a segment of Interstate 55 in Missouri; when the federal court declared it unconstituional and the KKK was given the sponsorship the Missouri Legislature renamed the segment “Rosa Parks Highway”
9wYRM TIL that a Polar Bear’s liver contains enough Vitamin A to kill as many as 52 adults. If you spread it out and took just enough to get your RDA every day, that liver will last you 143 years.
oGpE TIL that there was a cult that lived in a village modeled on ancient Egypt, and mixed black nationalism, cryptozoology, UFO religions, and conspiracy theories, until it’s founder was convicted of largest child molestation prosecution in history
4krxo TIL from 1066 to 1971 in England a pound was worth 20 shillings, each worth 12 pennies, each worth 2 halfpennies, each worth 2 farthings, plus thruppence, sixpence, florin, half crown, and crown
gMGvL TIL in ancient Sri Lanka, they used winds driven by the yearly monsoons to power some of the first steel-making furnaces to produce what's called Wootz Steel.