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TIL Darth Vader’s head is carved in limestone on the northwest tower of the Washington National Cathedral in DC.

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WPxo TIL The first modern Olympic Marathon was won by a Greek who stopped at a bar mid-race for a glass of wine
6NL7 TIL Harvard University has it’s own food chart that doesn’t include dairy or meat as categories
grXL TIL that on 9/11, the BBC reported the collapse of 7 World Trade Center 20 minutes before it happened (it can be seen behind the reporter whilst she talks about its collapse)
wLx88 TIL that Beethoven was metal af. His 5th symphony is usually played as slow as 74 BPM, but he intended it to be played at 108 BPM. He wanted his music to make the musicians and audience uncomfortable - as if "something is impending," like "this is dangerous." (Basically one of the first metalheads)
LWXm TIL JFK’s Harvard Application Essay Only Has 5 Sentences