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TIL the tallest statue in the US is the Statue of Liberty. The second tallest statue in the US is of Pegasus slaying a dragon at a horse track in Florida.

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kOjDd TIL Miners would inhale aluminum powder to coat their lungs and "prevent" silica based diseases, resulting in many suffering from ALS today.
6Oam TIL that Adolf Hitlers father beat him severely every day. When his father found out that he was planning to run away, he beat him so hard that he went into a coma for days - his family unsure if he was going to live
Rl8j TIL George Zimmer, the owner and founder of The Men’s Wearhouse, does not background check his employees. “I don’t trust the U.S. justice system to get it right,” says Zimmer, who is himself a recovering alcoholic. “I’d rather make my own decisions, and I believe in giving people a second chance.”
YQYP TIL that Alaska might be unprofitable. Some economists argue that since Russia sold it in 1867, the US has spent more on purchasing and governing Alaska than the tax and mining/oil royalty revenue it has produced, and that oil companies’ profits there are insufficient compared to their investments.
OD6a TIL There are 6 mathematical problems still unsolved to this day. A correct solution to any one of the 6 will make you $1,000,000 richer. The 6 problems are often referred to as ‘The Millennium Prize Problems’.