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TIL the largest brick building in the Americas is located on an uninhabited island 68 miles west of Key West.

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oROxL TIL: Animals have different dialects or "languages" depending on their geographical and environmental area. They can even change their pitch, much like human accents. Studies have been done using dolphins, mole rats, and monkeys. Birds when moved from NZ to the UK lose their NZ "accent" or dialect.
rRVx0 TIL about the “Seneca Drums,” a mysterious booming sound that comes from Seneca Lake in upstate NY.
Z8RLa TIL Sir Patrick Stewart invented the concept of Race-reversed casting, or photo negative casting, which has white actors playing traditionally black characters and vice versa.
gMO54 TIL In 1994, the KKK applied to sponsor a section of the Interstate 55 highway near St. Louis, Missouri. The Supreme Court ruled the state could not refuse the KKK's sponsorship. But the state of Missouri took revenge by renaming the entire stretch of highway the "Rosa Parks Freeway."
d8MY9 TIL that J.F.Kennedy bought up to 1200 high grade cuban cigars the day before he ordered a ban on Cuban imports!