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TIL that there are large shipwrecks buried deep under the cornfields of Kansas.

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JxMl TIL that when someone needs a kidney transplant, the old kidney is usually left in there, and the new one is put lower in the pelvic area.
LkX49 TIL of Bothies. Small shelters, maintained by users and volunteers, for people to stay in on their treks in the mountains.
xmk7 TIL Continuum, a magazine which served as an outlet for AIDS denialism including pseudoscientific “studies”, ended after the editors all died following long bouts with AIDS.
nW7JW TIL about 100 firefighters are convicted of arson in the United States each year
9YmW6 TIL Some of the first "hard hats" were created by Native American "high scalars" working on the Hoover Dam. They would dip cloth hats in tar and wait for them to harden, protecting their skulls from injuries that could have otherwise been fatal.