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TIL that Bob Dole’s ‘96 election site is still live.
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O1pa
TIL that Samoa is 24 hours ahead of American Samoa despite being only 30 miles away
Y44A
TIL of the Ittan-Momen: a “roll of cotton” that, in Japanese folklore, becomes alive and self-aware once reaching 100 years old. It “flies through the air at night” and “attacks humans, often by wrapping around their faces to smother them.”
JYKVk
TIL about Rio Rico an American town that was basically forgotten in Mexico and is the last piece of land ever ceded to a foreign power by the United States. It's residents were also granted US citizenship for having been born in the US.
VMno4
TIL that the trees you see on top of buildings under construction are a tradition that symbolizes that no one died during the project and serve as a talisman for good luck.
p8XPp
TIL Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys was under the supervision of a manipulative psychologist, Eugene Landy, who controlled every aspect of his life for 9 years during the ‘80s and early ‘90s. Landy exerted his power over Wilson in many different ways, including making him eat spaghetti off the floor.