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TIL that Michelangelo was 24 when he completed La Pietà

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9YYnr TIL of Vulcan Point in the Philippines: an island within a lake within an island within a lake within an island.
X0kWX TIL: SS Christopher Columbus, the only 'Whaleback' ship ever built for passenger service, carried more passengers in her 40-year career than any other ship on the Great Lakes.
kVJ5 TIL Tug of War was once an Olympic sport
YpxkP TIL George Washington, the son of a black slave, founded the town of Centralia in Washington state. Washington helped fellow residents in many ways, including selling property for little money down, offering loans at no interest, and providing work when no other was available
ZpwLY TIL the director of the French Connection paid an official at the New York Transit Authority a $40,000 bribe to overlook the rules and allow the famous chase sequence to be filmed.