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TIL that there were 32 solar panels on the White House, and that Ronald Reagan had them removed.

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b6Dj9 TIL the University of Toledo has a (disarmed) rocket pointed at the 50 yard line of their rival, Bowling Green State University
R7rL6 TIL that the very first Medal of Honor recipient, Pvt. Jacob Parrott, received the honor in 1863 after stealing a train just north of Atlanta and riding it north to the TN border. Along the way, they destroyed track switches and cut telegraph lines, severely limiting Confederate communications.
5b5P TIL that ReCaptcha is not just to detect if you’re human, but also used as a world wide collaboration to digitize books. We digitize about 2.5 million books a year with this method.
x6aBB TIL Clint Eastwood served as the mayor of a city in California
AR1B TIL that if a space elevator were ever constructed, it could reduce the cost of moving materials into space from $25,000 per kg to as low as $220 per kg.