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TIL the Empire State Building opened during the Depression, and took 20 years to become profitable.

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QJwZk TIL that people were drafted in WWI and WWII specifically to bury soldiers killed in action
xV9Go TIL that in Kuwait in 1991, ten Iraqi soldiers surrendered to two American journalists that they came across. They were cold and underfed and had buried their guns. They wanted to be taken prisoner so they could get food and water. The journalists obliged and then took them to a Saudi army unit.
5bgB TIL a man intentionally drove a $2.2 million Bugatti Veyron into lake to scam insurance
KRl6 TIL in Paris in 1910, engineers had to freeze the Seine (river) along 64 meters to dig the tunnel for the subway going underneath it.
jXJQ TIL 90% of Scotch whisky made in Scotland is exported.