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TIL Ancient Romans used flying penis amulets to protect them and their children from illness

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4ZG6 TIL there is a child of a Civil War soldier who is still alive and receiving a monthly pension from the government ($73.13) for her father’s service in the Union Army.
6eMY TIL that in 1978, the engineer of Citicorp Center, one of the 10 tallest buildings in NYC, discovered a fatal flaw in the building’s structure. A massive, secretive plan, was set in motion to correct the flaw before the building toppled over and killed thousands.
5VD7Q TIL: Cats can’t taste spicy the same way humans do.
awdOL TIL that some DSLR cameras can clean their sensors by themselves.
6O8m TIL: JFK said this: ’… I do ask every publisher, every editor, and every newsman in the nation to reexamine his own standards, and to recognize the nature of our country’s peril.“ (and much more), in a speech given to the, American Newspaper Publishers Association, on April 27, 1961.