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TIL The concrete at the center of the Hoover Dam has yet to fully cure.

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XEkJj TIL in 2011, NYPD officer Patrick Luca was in a kayaking accident with his son Caden, 5. Caden had a life jacket, but Patrick didn’t. His last words were, “Keep blowing that whistle until someone finds you. Daddy is going to go under water now, and not come back up. Daddy is going to heaven.”
8eNxa TIL: The world’s oldest wooden wheel has been around for somewhere between 5,100 and 5,350 years. Discovered near Ljubljana, Slovenia in 2002, it was determined to be the oldest through radiocarbon dating, showcasing the advanced state of craftsmanship thousands of years ago.
NX0vQ TIL that an episode of "Mannix" was held in the "Brady Bunch" house and John Ritter was the bad guy.
d8MWK TIL as a child Shelly Duvall would be taunted by other kids calling her Olive Oyl. As an adult Robert Altman casted her as Olive Oyl in 'Popeye' telling her this was the part she was born to play.
R5od1 TIL: Cultured pearls may have only 0.5 mm of pearl on a resin bead