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TIL Project removes old, disused dams to make healthier waterways 140 dams removed/now record flooding

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XmkR TIL There’s a small sculpture on the moon named “Fallen Astronaut”. Made by Belgian artist Paul Van Hoeydonck and placed by the crew of Apollo 15 in 1971. It is the only sculpture on the moon, yet it remains relatively unknown.
x6LnB TIL that there is an Episcopal saint, Rev. Charles Carroll Parsons, who was at one point the defense council to Lieutenant Colonel Custer who died at the Battle of Little Big Horn.
nej0d TIL in 1832 after the death of philosopher Jeremy Bentham his body was preserved and displayed in the University College London, however his preserved head was henceforth placed in secure storage after it was stolen by several students and found in a luggage locker at a Scottish railway station.
1yGP TIL Clay Matthews, linebacker for the Green Bay Packers, wore an adult diaper under his uniform to help test the product and benefit a non-profit organization.
dDQRr TIL Hulk Hogan was a musician in his youth and played the bass guitar for a band called Ruckus which was popular in the Tampa Bay area in the late 70's.