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TIL that Millennium Tower, a San Francisco high-rise housing more than 400 luxury condos, is sinking at a rate of 2 inches per year and leaning. The foundation wasn't anchored to bed rock, but sand, making it susceptible to further damage from soil liquefaction during a powerful earthquake.

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JZnm TIL according to a Federal Reserve Bank study, poor kids who do everything right don’t do any better than rich kids who do everything wrong. It’s called “opportunity hoarding,” so not only is there a glass ceiling, there’s also a glass floor.
5gW8 TIL that in 2006, doctors removed two fetuses from inside a 2-month-old girl that had the rare condition known as Fetus in Fetu.
4XKaX TIL that Stan Lee served in the military during World War II for three years after hearing about the attack in Pearl Harbor
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d957 TIL River Pheonix was supposed to be the interviewer in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) but died. Christian Slater took his place, and donated his entire paycheck from the movie to all of River’s favorite charities.