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TIL that the Packard plant in Detroit is the largest abandoned industrial facility in the world.

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AALo TIL that nearly every top prize in the McDonald’s Monopoly game from 1995-2000 was fraudently redeemed by people associated with the marketing company contracted with running the promotion.
OGJkX TIL Heaven Lake is a volcanic crater lake lies on the border between China and North Korea. It was recognized as the highest volcanic lake in the world by the Shanghai Office of the Guinness World Records
v8RB TIL a boy gave General Rahl of the British Army a note from a spy that George Washington was about to cross the Delaware and attack. The general was so immersed in a Chess game that he put the note in his pocket unopened. There it was found when he was mortally wounded in the subsequent battle.
LnY0 TIL before the 1800s, people had “first” and “second sleep”. They would sleep 3-4 hours, wake up for 2-3 hours to do some type of activity, then go back to sleep until morning.
5gW8 TIL that in 2006, doctors removed two fetuses from inside a 2-month-old girl that had the rare condition known as Fetus in Fetu.