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TiL : in 2010 underground art/protest group Voina ("war") drew a towering penis graffiti in 23 seconds on a bascule bridge in St. Petersburg. When raised, it was directly opposite the FSB (former KGB) headquarters. [NSFW]

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EVP TIL a species of pig, the Barbirusas, has tusks that can grow long enough to penetrate its own skull, killing it
5YbGr TIL Costco’s Chief Operations Officer once told co-founder Jim Sinegal they needed to raise the price of their $1.50 hotdog-soda combo. Jim responded “If you raise the effing hot dog, I’ll kill you. Figure it out.” Costco ended up building its own hot dog-manufacturing plant to keep the prices low.
JYjk8 TIL that during WWI, officials didn't trust units of the D.C. National Guard to secure infrastructure around the capital because so many of their men had foreign ties.The job was given to the only unit they felt they could trust as 100% American: the all-black 1st Separate Infantry.
x68rk TIL at over 100 years old, Iris Cummings is the sole surviving attendee of the 1936 Nazi-Germany Olympics
e0DbE TIL that 1830's advertisements to entice people to move to Houston Texas, show the town as a bustling port city nestled next to a range of mountains, despite the port not built yet and the closest mountain over 500 miles away.