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TIL Mount Rushmore has a hidden hallway with granite stairs that was designed to hold American relics and documents

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DlKj TIL Issac Newton roamed the streets as anti-counterfeit coin vigilante, then invented the ridges on coins to reduce fraud currency
padO TIL in 1939 The New Times predicted the television would not be successful because it required people to sit and keep their eyes glued to a screen, which no one had time for.
5V95B TIL Belgium is the only country in the world that flies an unconstitutional flag. The flag should be red, yellow and black, but in practice the order is reversed. Nobody has bothered correcting the constitution.
788Kx TIL Malika Oufkir, daughter of a Moroccan politician who failed at the coup d'etat in 1977, and her mother and siblings spent 15 years in the desert prison before escaping in 1991.
yVr8w TIL, In 1984 Team USA(All College kids), led by Michael Jordan, dismantled NBA All-Stars in preparation for the Olympics. They won all 8 games.