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TIL that there is a bookstore in Portland, Oregon that takes up an entire city block

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b9NbE TIL There is a lake in Russia nicknamed the “Siberian Maldives” where Russians pose for photos due to its bright turquoise colour. The lake is not that colour naturally it is turquoise due to toxic waste runoff from a local power plant and is very hazardous
4mJb TIL of the Hess Triangle: the smallest privately-owned plot of land in New York City.
kZdE TIL that Jim Woodman theorized that the Nazca lines were built via an ancient form of flight. TO prove this he constructed a hot air balloon only using resources that were available to the ancient Nazca people.
78ZJb TIL: Jamaican culture was influenced by Indian immigrants and that's where Rastafarianism comes from. Indians introduced curry, cannabis and even dreadlocks to Jamaica.
yVWPM TIL Ben Franklin trolled rival almanac publisher Titan Leeds by predicting Leeds' death, down to the hour, in his Poor Richard's Almanac.