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

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W7v69 TIL after actor Sean Astin turned 18, he left numerous personal items at his mother Patty Duke's house. Upon returning for them, many items, including the treasure map from "The Goonies," were gone. “It’s an item that would probably be worth $100,000 now,” he said. “And I think my mom threw it out.”
Y7X6W TIL that photographer Yousuf Karsh used a joke from the Pope to make Mandela feel comfortable for a photo shoot
xV9Og TIL of Hatty, a Labrador retriever who was sworn in as an IL County "Comfort Dog." Her paw was on a law book as an oath was read. Hatty's job is to comfort sexual trauma victims during testimony and interviews; the dog will work 9 - 5 on up to 200 cases per year. She was trained by prison inmates.
Ydv TIL: Alien world blacker than coal, the darkest planet known, has been discovered in the galaxy.
ZAwB TIL That In the American Civil War, soldiers were required to have at least four opposing front teeth so they could open a gunpowder pouch. Some draftees had their front teeth removed to avoid service.