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TIL that in 1918 the USGS determined the geographic center of the contiguous United States by balancing a cardboard cutout of the country and determined it to be accurate within 20 miles.

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Mln8 TIL that there’s a large black stain at the back of the chair, which everybody assumes is Lincoln’s blood , but that’s not the case. Research on the stain has shown that it’s hair oil. Some of the other stains are water damage.
pYrYe TIL there was a town in Quebec, Canada named Asbestos until 2020. It was named for the asbestos deposits in the area. The name was changed to Val-des-Sources, which means Valley of the Springs.
9YEMQ TIL that when the horror/thriller movie "Scar" (the first American 3D feature film to be completed in HD 3D) was released in 2007, at one instance a man was "out cold and paramedics were actually called" and "one viewer ran out of the theater and threw up"
8OlK TIL Monopoly evolved from The Landlord’s Game, a Socialist board game meant to teach players the evil of monopolies and benefits of a more egalitarian economic system. If played using the Socialist rules, everyone could be a winner.
165G7 TIL of the largest floating vessel ever built, the Shell Prelude Floating Liquified Natural Gas platform