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TIL in 1955, someone dropped a 600 year old plaster buddha statue, only to discover the plaster was actually covering a solid golden statue.

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ANQmg TIL the singer building in Manhattan, which was one of the most recognized buildings in new York city, and used to be the world's tallest, was demolished in the '60s. at the time the tallest building to be purposely demolished until 2019
VBW80 TIL Bolivia and Venezuela (as the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) are named after Simón Bolívar
VB4g8 TIL Pacific Electric (PE) was America’s largest interurban electric railway system, blanketing the Los Angeles region with more than 1,000 miles of rail lines
O7oe TIL that there was a breed of dog called a “Turnspit Dog”. It was placed into a large wheel like a hamster or gerbil wheel. The wheel drove a belt connected to a turn-spit in a fireplace to rotate the meat on the turn spit. This breed is now extinct.
j6Vej TIL More than one million Chinese soldiers crossed the Yalu River into North Korea during the Korean War and soldiers stayed for years afterwards to help with reconstruction and aid. However, the Chinese were told to avoid any close connection with North Koreans and not to mingle or make friends