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TIL that elevators in the United States are required to be large enough to fit an ambulance stretcher.

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4Xjpg TIL in 2013 the IRS was audited for spending $49 million in parties over 3 years, as well as a Star Trek parody video
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a8N9Z TIL there's a music piece called "As Slow as Possible" that has a duration of 639 years. It can take years for a single note to be played.
VMx1G TIL: Native Americans painted murals of Mythological creatures on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River
e0nLn TIL that even though we remember Nixon as a terrible president for Watergate, he was actually tremendously popular, and in his second election won 49 of the 50 states.