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TIL California has oil rigs hidden in fake buildings in plain sight

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wo5kY TIL Since the 50 State quarter program was started in 1997 the US Federal Government has made $3 billion from people taking the quarters out of circulation to collect.
YpeaA TIL that Batman during the golden age of comics was very different from modern interpretations and he often used guns and had no problems killing people.
1OX8 TIL John Cleese of Monty Python was the first person to say “Shit” on British television.
1nO8 TIL a man named Vincent Ocasla has created a fully functional “flawless” Sim City 3000 game spanning 1.5 years of theory and planning, followed by 2.5 years of construction. He is considered to have “beaten” the game.
GyLN TIL The Museum of Endangered Sounds exists to allow streaming of once popular technological sounds. ie. the dial-up tone, ICQ chat tone, Windows 95 startup