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TIL that there was a counter protest of thousands during the Madison Square Garden rally

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78Mnp TIL air vents are typically placed below windows
5KXn TIL Robert Paulsen has voiced over 250 characters including Yakko Warner, Pinky, Mighty Max, 80’s Raphael & current Donatello
P1MML TIL that a Florida man conducted a hoax for ten years, starting in 1948, that a 4.5m-high penguin was visiting Clearwater Beach. A biologist suggested that the tracks were genuine on account of how they matched animal behaviour. The hoax was revealed in 1988.
XXaP TIL L. Ron Hubbard believed so strongly that he had been Cecil Rhodes in a previous life that in 1966 he travelled to Rhodesia to recover the huge amounts of gold and diamonds he had stashed away in this previous life. Declared an unwanted persons, he was deported and lost $200,000 on the expedition
NXOoP TIL that despite spanning five geographical time zones, China officially uses just one—Beijing Time (UTC+8)!