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TIL that some roller coasters are recycled by selling them and moving them to other theme parks. This is partly because a reclaimed roller coaster can cost 80% less than a new one. One roller coaster, Tsunami, has been at 4 different theme parks since 1986.

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YpLgW TIL when President Polk asked Congress to declare war on Mexico citing that it had "shed American blood upon the American soil", then-Representative Abraham Lincoln protested with resolutions demanding to know the "particular spot of soil on which the blood of our citizens was so shed."
ZpyAG TIL the world’s largest snow maze is located in Canada, spanning over 2 acres and featuring towering walls up to 20 feet high!
nWE7W TIL in 2012 After his pet passed away, a man turned his cat into a flying dead cat quadcopter.
Rl86 TIL a 17-year-old boy once tried to build a nuclear reactor in his backyard. Although his homemade reactor never achieved critical mass, it ended up emitting dangerous levels of radioactivity
yQlPe TIL "Libations," the practice of pouring out alcohol in memory of those who have "passed on" was common in Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. "Pouring one out for the homies" is a custom over 3,000 years old and is mentioned in the Bible, the The Iliad, and The Odyssey.