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TIL of Bayocean, Oregon. A city that sank into the Pacific Ocean because they were told by military engineers to build two jetties but could only afford one, so they built the one making problems worse.

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BrvvW TIL the Pentagon was built in less than a year and a half and was only supposed to be temporary
Me960 TIL that there is a lost, unauthorized Filipino Batman film where he fights Dracula
0dQ75 TIL that Walt Disney referred to the opening day of Disneyland as “Black Sunday.” The temperature was 101 °F (38 °C), people with counterfeit tickets flooded the park, the water fountains didn’t work, women’s shoes sunk into the asphalt, and people hurled their children over crowds to get on rides.