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TIL That the United States can, and has, sued objects.

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E1JZw TIL when Tower 42 in the City of London was proposed, people objected to its height. The architect favored a single tower design, but to quell objections to height he presented a two tower alternative. After seeing the stubby towers, everyone agreed to go along with the taller single tower.
Z86VD TIL a single dose of the antibiotic azithromycin, taken orally, can cure yaws, a horrific tropical disease that causes disfiguring, ulcerating wounds and usually occurs in children. There’s hope that the disease can be completely eradicated, like smallpox has been.
X0V86 TIL Orval Faubus, who had opposed the integration of the Little Rock Nine as Governor of Arkansas, later endorsed civil rights activist Jesse Jackson for President in 1984 and 1988.
B94L TIL of the Coronation Chair, Every crowned English & British monarch since the 14th century, except Queen Mary II, has used the chair for coronation.
KYwXJ TIL that the 3 Ninjas franchise was made in part by a South Korean Director, Shin Sang-ok, who was kidnapped and held captive for 8 years by Kim Jong-il.