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TIL that Earth tilted 31.5 inches due to massive groundwater pumping.

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16xg7 TIL Stephen Hawking's famous wheelchair was sold at auction for almost 300,000 pounds. Hawking used this wheelchair from the end of the 1980s until the early years of the 1990s, before he became unable to use his hands to drive a wheelchair
vdEr TIL that in 1955 after a crash involving a Jaguar and Mercedes that left 84 dead during the Le Mans race, Mercedes withdrew and offered Jaguar to do the same. Jaguar declined, and their driver that caused the crash went on to win the race.
wML6 TIL That after the Napoleonic Wars the Dutch set up poverty colonies to help poor families. It was opposed by Christians because it “intervened with God’s plan”
eppJE TIL coding RollerCoaster Tycoon in the late 1990s required significant optimization of PC power and memory constraints at the time. Per designer Chris Sawyer, letting guests drown was simply easier than programming the alternative of allowing them to swim to shore.
vPK08 TIL one of the members of the gospel group 'The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi', regained his sight, and was subsequently kicked from the group.