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TIL a sinkhole at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky swallowed eight Corvettes, causing millions of dollars worth of damage

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oBgvR TIL that Ben Innes took a selfie with his plane's hijacker citing that if the bomb was real, he had nothing to lose anyway.
4XPW6 TIL Lake Tahoe at one time was named Lake Bigler in honor of the popular third governor of California. However, once it was revealed that Bigler was a Confederate sympathizer during the US Civil War, his name was removed from the lake and renamed Tahoe
xV5k7 TIL that to stop advancing Japanese troops in 1938, the Chinese government breached a dyke of the Yellow River, creating a Flood which killed 500.000 and lasted until 1947
dEY8 TIL beer was illegal in Iceland from 1935-1989 while all stronger drinks were legal.
JLWv TIL Dentists May Soon Use Lasers to Regrow Your Teeth