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TIL that FDR had a massive 750 lb globe on the floor behind his desk in the Oval Office. During WWII, he used the 4 ft wide globe to trace troop movements and plan military strategy with his advisors.

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1a57X TIL that in Kenya, elephant poop is being used to make paper. Elephants poop up to 50 kg a day which can produce 125 sheets of paper.
j6XrX TIL a Nilometer was a structure for measuring the Nile River's clarity and water level during the annual flood season
yV7XV TIL a nude painting of Bea Arthur that she didn’t even sit for, sold for nearly 2 million dollars in 2013
An77 TIL The Nazis developed an experimental drug cocktail called D-IX in which the Nazi doctors found that equipment-laden test subjects who had taken the drug could march 55 miles without resting.
d8ydE TIL a blue whale’s age is determined by its ear wax