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TIL that President Lyndon B. Johnson owned an amphibious car which he would use to prank his guests by driving into a lake while screaming about brake failure

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LwPP TIL a 14 karat gold LEGO brick was given out in the early 1980s to employees who had worked at the Germany LEGO factory for over twenty-five years. They are valued at $14,500.
MmxW TIL the dark spots of the moon are solidified seas of lava.
x66Oo TIL Ghost ships, ships found abandoned with no sign of the crew, still occur even with modern methods of rescue, safety and communication. The last recorded ship to be found with no sign of life was in January 2021
0d8aN TIL In 1942, a 60-foot-long (18 m) 1000-ton ship was built out of ice and sawdust in hopes to be an aircraft carrier
LkwVZ TIL That the domesticated hamsters we now call pets are all descended from one “Adam and Eve” like pair captured in Aleppo, Syria in 1930.