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TIL NASA Vehicle Assembly building interior volume is so vast that it has its own weather, including “rain clouds form[ing] below the ceiling on very humid days”

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yQ7Yl TIL that some Klan members in Indiana were convinced that the Pope would be on a northbound train. More than a thousand people gathered as it arrived. The only person who got off was a corset salesman. They grilled him for half an hour before they were convinced that he wasn’t the Pope in disguise.
nWxOd TIL: Rhode Island is not an island. It's a state of the US. But there is a Rhode Island island within Rhode Island state, also called Aquidneck Island.
wLK8M "Suicides are on the rise across the US and have become the second leading cause of death in many age groups."
6LZ7 TIL that during the 2014 Thai coup d'etat, sandwiches were used as an anti-coup symbol, and a group of students were charged with “possessing sandwiches with ill intent”.
R5nv4 TIL that Crystal Lake, Iowa is home of the worlds largest Bullhead Statue.