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TIL that there are still about twenty working phone numbers in America (different zip codes) for "867-5309"

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4OZJ TIL Yakov Smirnoff, the man who created “In Soviet Russia” jokes is also a painter, and painted a 9/11 memorial mural titled “America’s Heart”. Each brush stroke represents one person that died on that day.
QJnbe TIL that an ancient underwater temple, originally considered a myth, was discovered in India after a deadly Tsunami parted the sea, revealing it's location.
PYPxJ TIL that former Prime Minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg once went incognito as a taxi-driver in Oslo because he wanted to "hear from real Norwegian voters and that taxis were one of the few places where people shared their true views."
yQJPe TIL the first computer with a graphical user interface, the Xerox Alto, had a portrait-oriented monitor
pYrPb TIL Clear Lake in California, is the Oldest Lake in North America.