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TIL that one of the early roles in Jodie Foster's extensive career was the voice of Pugsley Addams in a Scooby-Doo episode.

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b9X09 TIL The New Hampshire Astronomical Society donated over a dozen telescopes to local public libraries around the state so they can be put into circulation just like a book. Their 4.5-inch telescopes shows the Moon and deep sky objects in far more detail than common "beginners" telescopes
YpkBG TIL that during the Austro-Prussian War, Liechtenstein had an army of 80 men. During the conflict no men were injured or killed and they returned home with 81 men because they’d made an Italian friend along the way. The army was then disbanded and Liechtenstein hasn’t had a military since.
kOmWm TIL after John Krasinski shot the pilot episode of "The Office," he went back to being a waiter for a bit. "I was sure nothing was going to happen with it."
Ve84 TIL Colorado’s two tallest mountains are so close to each other in height that fans of each mountain would repeatedly pile up rocks to try and make their preferred mountain taller.
ADvg4 TIL that Bakersfield and Fresno were built on top of a former lake, Lake Tulare, that was the largest freshwater lake west of the Missisipi. It was drained for Agriculture after the Civil War, and was completely gone by WW1.