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TIL Rockwall, Texas is named for a controversial, rectangular rock wall buried under the city.

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WkygX TIL about Peter Lang a 76 year old man who single-handedly fought a fire for 10 hours to save his safari animals.
oL0W TIL synthetic shampoos weren’t invented until the 1930s, with daily shampooing only becoming the norm in the 1970s and 1980s.
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rv7d TIL that John Glenn flew combat missions in WWII and Korea, became the first American to orbit the Earth, was present for the assassination of Robert Kennedy, served as Senator from Ohio, and, while still a senator, became the oldest person to fly in space at age 77.