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TIL that, invisible from the ground, the Statue of Liberty is stepping on a broken shackle and chain to commemorate the abolition of slavery in the United States.

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PYmXZ TIL that survival expert Bear Grylls, a Special Forces Reservist from 1994 to 1997, was very lucky to survive a parachute malfunction while training with the SAS in Africa. His parachute split at 1,600 feet. He fell and landed, fracturing three vertebrae. Incredibly, his spinal cord stayed intact.
ZMo TIL Joseph Stalin’s real name is Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili. He adopted “Stalin” by combining ‘stal’, which is Russian for “steel” with “Lenin”.
v1apD TIL about the doughnut dollies who were women who served doughnuts to American troops in mobile clubs during WWII. Thanks to Great British Baking Show for teaching me something today
o5aL TIL Cockroaches are so repulsed by humans that if they’re touched by a human, not only do they run away, but they wash themselves.
JYOOl TIL one of the medically sound ways to test for a pinworm infection is the ‘scotch tape test’ where the patient's asshole is taped over then [the tape is] removed to check for eggs.