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TIL that 17 people dancing to ‘I’ve Got the Power’ caused a Korean skyscraper to shake so violently that it was evacuated for 2 days

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7rvAp TIL that Monte Hall, long running host of Let's Make a Deal, would have been a doctor instead of a game show host. But due to a secret quota on Jews in medical school, he was never allowed to enroll.
lopNB TIL An extinct penguin-like bird, The Great Auk, ranged as far south as northern Spain and along the coastlines of Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Norway, Ireland, and Great Britain. It lived with humans for centuries until it was seen as "resource" and was extinct by 1852.
pmgN TIL unless it’s brewed through a paper filter, coffee can significantly raise cholesterol.
GAZl5 TIL the letter “Z” used to be pronounced “izzard"
D14BV TIL of Anton Ludwig August von Mackensen, a German Field Marshal who served in the Military during the Franco Prussian War, WW1 and WW2. He witnessed Germany when it was the Kingdom of Prussia, the German Empire, Weimar Republic Germany, Nazi Germany and the Federal Republic of Germany.