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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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d8ODj TIL that "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong" by the Spin Doctors was about Chris Barron's stepmother. When he was a kid, she told him that he would grow up to be a janitor and would play his songs for the rats. The Spin Doctors' debut album sold 5 million copies with this song as the lead single.
PYPOZ TIL that the United Nations was gifted a statue of an elephant by Kenya, Namibia and Nepal, but the UN hid it because the statue has an erect penis.
XEWOr TIL in The Goonies the director Richard Donner didn't let the child actors see One-Eyed Willy's ship so they could have a genuine reaction. When they first saw the ship some of them started to swear. So they had to use the 2nd take in the final cut.
0EAA TIL From 1994 to 2013: there are substantially fewer murders, robberies, rapes, aggravated assaults, property crimes, and burglaries….despite the US population increasing by almost 60 million people.
Me4o0 TIL about A and B batteries, which are no longer in common use in America. Size A used to be the smallest size available until the need for AA and AAA that are used in electronics. A batteries were used in early laptops, and B batteries are still used in Europe for certain flashlights and lanterns.