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TIL that when a building is framed perfectly by a street it appears to be magnified, same as when the moon looks huge on the horizon, but it is just an optical illusion mind trick. Check out the bizarre way St Peter's Basilica appears to shrink as you move closer in this short clip..

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epMmn TIL that the Primaries that got Lyndon B. Johnson to the Senate were rigged
neKNP TIL though typically used for physical health, Tai Chi is a martial art
DpXJ TIL that Richard Nixon was a fan of rap music. In a 1990 interview with the New York Times, he said, “I have often thought that if there had been a good rap group around in those days I might have chosen a career in music instead of politics.”
rRdLw TIL that former major league pitcher Randy Johnson is now a professional photographer. The logo of his company is a tribute to the bird he hit while pitching in 2001.
OGV6a TIL General Douglas MacArthur had an underage mistress named Isabel Rosario Cooper, who was 16 when he met her in 1930. From 1930 to 1934 he kept her in a Washington DC hotel suite while serving as the chief of staff of the US Army.