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TIL, in 1968, American tycoon Robert P. McCulloch bought London Bridge for $2,460,000 and transported it brick by brick to Lake Havasu City, Arizona

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N7A08 TIL There is an “Easter Island of Micronesia” dating back to 100 AD with 39 megalithic structures. Some weighing up to 5 tons with carved faces, not originating from the island. Legend says they were built by the gods as a meeting house for thousands of people.
0wN15 TIL of a science fiction novel by Dr. Wernher von Braun named "Project Mars: A Technical Tale". The novel, made in the late 1940s, describes Mars exploration. In this novel, Mars is inhabited by Martian civilization and the leader of the Martian government is entitled "Elon" (Chapter 24 on page 177)
b6Bep TIL it was so difficult for the FBi to believe Hitler had committed suicide that they funded a secret program by millions of dollars to find him, with the program being shut down only in 1947
aQwb TIL that Darwin was proven wrong by astronauts: he believed plant roots grow sideways because of gravity, but plants grown on the ISS also have skewed roots
KY8lw TIL that Douglas Spedden, the subject of a famous photo taken on the Titanic’s deck, survived the sinking, but went on to die at the age of nine during a car crash.