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TIL plans for a Texas art installation that would be left to naturally degrade were re-thought after vandals graffitied the exterior and stole its contents the night it was completed

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xVk60 TIL that a First Lady of the United States was a lesbian. Rose Cleveland, served as First Lady for two years until the marriage of her brother, President Grover Cleveland.
gYwb TIL: The US Navy diving manual has detailed instructions for escaping a giant clam.
nejRP TIL Johnny Cash has a younger brother that was also a country singer-songwriter named Tommy Cash, who released a single called "I Didn't Walk the Line".
p87wZ TIL the last 2 Afghan Jews lived on opposite sides of Kabul's synagogue, both claimed ownership of the space, refused to leave fearing the other would sell it. The two fought so much over the synagogue's Torah (bible) scroll that, after each called Taliban on the other, the Taliban confiscated it.
epxlk TIL the Bibles found in hotel rooms are usually meant to be taken. Donated by the Gideons International, the "Gideon Bible" is free to take as it's their intended way to spread the Good Word.