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TIL that British soldiers in WW2 used scaffolding to hide the Taj Mahal from potential air raids in India. The scaffolding disguised the monument to look like a bamboo stockpile, protecting it and other cultural heritage sites during the war.

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9YLgG TIL about Ben Carlin, a badass Aussie who is the only person to have circumnavigated the entire globe in a single amphibious vehicle. The trek took 10 years to accomplish.
P1j1g TIL the founder of TSMC -- Morris Chang -- did not receive any equity in the company when it was founded in 1987.
eM44 TIL Chevy Chase avoided the draft by falsely claiming he was homosexual.
ep0K6 TIL A woman once sued herself for the wrongful death of her husband. The district court threw out the suit saying that you can't sue yourself, but the case appealed to the supreme court who ruled that you can.
ADQm4 TIL people in Toronto once passive aggressively protested by making a memorial for a dead raccoon after it lay on the street for 12 hours