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TIL: The skyscraper in Times Square where the ball drops is completely abandoned, and has been for decades.

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x6KpD TIL when Rita Hayworth learned the atomic bomb that was scheduled to be tested at Bikini atoll would feature her likeness, she was offended. Her husband Orson Welles later recalled she was the angriest she had ever been thinking it was a publicity stunt orchestrated by the head of Columbia Pictures.
7rDPZ TIL the band Radiohead derived their name from the actor who portrayed Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day.
YpDGP TIL of Ham, the chimp who was the first hominid in space, trained by NASA to operate a capsule in space. His trainer described the moment he was recovered from his capsule following the project – “I have never seen such terror on a chimp’s face”
xVLa0 TIL that the founder of Little Caesers payed Rosa Parks’ rent for years after he found out that she was assaulted and robbed in her home.
yVrAv TIL citizens in Estonia are given an ID card that includes a public/private key pair allowing users to cryptographically sign digital documents.