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TIL the US Capitol granite is so radioactive it would not pass a safety check if it were a nuclear power plant

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0d1e1 TIL that it has been estimated that five of the ten highest prices ever paid for a book (adjusted for inflation) were for John James Audubon's The Birds of America.
WLpB TIL that the violent crime rate in the US has dropped dramatically in the last few decades, yet the majority of Americans think it’s increasing.
Mwb TIL there are only 27 people in recorded history who have reached the age of 115
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