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TIL that professional photographers in the early 1900s had to carry up to 50 pounds of gear just to take a single photo

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jN0Nj TIL that One World Trade Center, at 541 meters (1776 feet) is taller than the combined height of the tallest buildings in Wyoming, Vermont, Maine, South Dakota, Montana, North Dakota, New Hampshire, and West Virginia.
980M TIL that there is so much coffee in Seattle that there is a measurable caffeine content in the Pacific Northwest’s waters.
wjoJ TIL That Elevators contain mirrors in order to make the elevator seem larger to help people who are claustrophobic.
MedyV TIL that there was a small horse called Thumbelina, who was just 43 centimeters (17 inches) tall.
4nP5 TIL Deion Sanders is the only man to play in a Super Bowl and World Series. And the first play in two professional league games in the same day. And score a touchdown and hit a home run in the same week.