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TIL: The USA long held the record for having the World's Tallest Chair --until 2014 when St. Florian, Austria's, great Lutz chair left much worldwide lesser giant furniture in the dust. XXXLutz and Holzleimbauwerk Wiehag GmbH worked together to build the epic seat that stands almost 100 feet tall.

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e0Xbk TIL that when Truman told Stalin about the Manhattan project in July of 1945, Stalin displayed little reaction, since Stalin had known about the project for almost 4 years before Truman, and he arguably knew more about it than Truman himself did.
epEDD Today I learned that the United Kingdom and the State of Oregon have close to the same land mass. But Oregon population has only has about 4.25 million to the UK’s 68 million.
d8n4j TIL of Osborne v Ohio, in which the United states supreme court ruled 6-3 that possession of child pornography can be banned. Justices William Brennan, John Paul Stevens, and Thurgood Marshall dissented, arguing that possession of child porn is a constitutional right.
6EBk7 TIL that WD-40 has never been patented as patenting would force them to disclose their recipe.
8aR5L TIL in the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing, there was a mysterious detached leg found in the rubble of the destroyed building. Since all 168 victims’ legs have been accounted for, the left leg has perplexed investigators and has yet to be traced back to an owner.