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TIL about the Majesty building or (I4 Eyesore building) which is still under construction since 2001. It was planned to be finished in 2003 but due to funding issues, construction was slowed severely.

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gMDmb TIL that pigs have rings in the side of their nostrils to keep them from rooting
W7LY TIL there’s a webpage that shows the Apollo 11 Moon Landing in ‘Real Time’, capturing the last 18 minutes of the Crew’s and Mission Control’s dialogue as well as Neil’s heart rate as he lands on the Moon.
lXDB TIL on August 5, 1944, one of the biggest jail-breaks in history involved hundreds of Japanese POWs attempting to escape an Australian prisoner camp. The Japanese considered the Australians weak because they treated the prisoners well. 234 of the Japanese were killed and another 108 wounded.
yrQe TIL: There is a tree in Africa that is called “Bloodwood trees” because its sap is blood red.
5MjP TIL that Wisconsin’s only pirate once got the crew of an entire ship drunk then proceeded to throw them all over board. He then took the ship to Chicago and sold all the cargo.