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TIL that there is a museum dedicated to failure, which showcases failed products and services from around the world to provide visitors a fascinating learning experience.

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rEDx TIL that in 1946, a four year old Australian boy was flown to San Francisco to receive cancer treatment. Instead, he got caught in a Manhattan Project experiment and was injected with plutonium. He died one year later.
KOV7G TIL about ATLAS-I, aka Trestle, the world's largest structure made entirely of wood, glue laminate, wooden bolts/nuts and sufficient to support a fully loaded B-52 bomber (for elevated EMP testing) 1,000 ft long, 125 ft (about 12 stories) tall, and constructed of 6.5 million board-feet of lumber.
Wk8Mo TIL about Ray Chapman: the only player to die from injury during a MLB game. It was allowed at the time to do anything to the ball from using saliva to dirt, making the ball hard to see. Chapman is believed to not have seen the ball at all which struck him in the head and killed him
Nn7b TIL Charles Ingram cheated on “Who Wants to Be A Millionaire” and won the £1,000,000 prize. During the recording it was noticed that a suspicious pattern of coughing could be heard.
b64K4 TIL that "I'm A Believer" by Smash Mouth is a cover of a song by The Monkees of the same name