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TIL that American sculptor, Anna Coleman Ladd, crafted 185 face masks for returning First World War veterans with facial disfigurements from wounds.

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79gM TIL an error of Costa Rica’s border on Google Maps led to an invasion of Costa Rica by the army of Nicaragua. Google responded, saying that their Maps “shouldn’t be used as a reference to decide military actions between countries”.
W7BPd TIL that Kim Il Sung, founder of North Korea, was raised in a Presbyterian Christian family, with his Grandfather being a minister, and his father being an elder in the Church.
WOlY TIL a man bet his brother he could gather 1 million pennies. It took 30 years, but the man won the bet! However, neither the U.S. Mint, the U.S. Comptroller of Currency, coin collectors nor the local bank will cash in his $10k stash without a charge.
E1eWw TIL that J.K. Rowling confused the layout of King’s Cross with that of London Euston Station when writing Harry Potter, and that Platforms 9 and 10 are actually two train lines next to each other, with no separating platform.
XEnO8 TIL that US started a major effort to count arrest-related deaths between 2003-2011 employing a specialized team of statisticians with US Bureau of Justice Statistics. The program had to be terminated due to poor participation from the states and lack of funding.