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TIL the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 made Congressional Research Service reports publicly available on the internet for the first time.

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oRvb8 TIL the roof of the Royal Albert Hall in London is not attached. When the construction supports were removed the 600 tonne structure dropped ~8mm to its final position
K0EQ TIL Jesus personally said not to stand on street corners and in synagogues (churches) and pray, because only hypocrites do that and then only to get attention. (Matthew 6:6)
OGayY TIL that a fire destroyed most of Harvard Library’s collection in 1764. Only a small number of books were spared, including 144 that were checked out at the time. One of these books was found and returned in 1997!
PYgjn TIL that during a Communist Party conference in 1937, following a speech by Stalin, the audience began to clap and carried on for 11 minutes, with no-one daring to be the first to stop. The first person to stop was a paper factory director who was arrested that night and sent to prison for 10 years.
8y1L TIL someone took all the details from the Ice Cube song Today Was a Good Day to figure out which day it took place on and the song took place on January 20th, 1992.