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TIL the Epic of Gilgamesh, humanity's 1st recorded story mentions a man called Utnapishtim. The Gods tasked him with building an ark for his family and 2 animals from each species to survive a flood they would create because of Humanity's sins. All this is really similar to the story of Noah's ark.

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vPYgr TIL that the US Capitol building due to it being constructed of granite would fail safety levels of radiation for a nuclear power plant if it was built today.
x6yXg TIL Toni Stone was a female baseball player that played in the male leagues during the late 1940’s and 50’. Her play was praised by the likes of Ernie Banks and Hank Aaron.
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9YPv7 TIL of Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara, who signed transit visas in Lithuania for more than 6,000 Jews in 1940. He wrote visas for 18-20 hours every day, continuing to sign them through the window of a train and throw them into the crowd as he fled Lithuania.