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TIL the 4th and 5th tallest structures on Earth are TV antennae serving Fargo, North Dakota.

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OGYja TIL There is not just a price difference, but also a chemical difference between gasoline in the summer and gasoline in the winter.
BgNKy TIL the human skeleton is actually very light and makes little difference in weight. A 5’6 (170cm) woman weighing 132 lbs (60kg) would have a skeleton weighing about 5lbs (2.5kg) total
8el9P TIL about the lia radiological accident, where three Georgians discovered two abandoned radioactive sources in the forest around which "there was no snow for about a 1 m (3.3 ft) radius, and the ground was steaming", they then decided to use them as heat sources for the night. One died.
1bLP TIL that a black fur trader in the American West got captured by a band of Crow Indians and got mistaken for a Chiefs long lost son. He eventually became their Chief himself.
Br1xk TIL James Earl Ray, MLK’s assassin, was accidentally honored in a Florida plaque supposed to be celebrating James Earl Jones during an MLK Day event. Officials received their plaque and were horrified to discover that it bore an inscription thanking James Earl Ray for “keeping the dream alive”.