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TIL there was a early 2000’s boy band called Blue and that I never heard of them because the lead singer said "Who gives a fuck about New York when elephants are being killed?”… 1 month after 9/11… which happened while he was in NYC…

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m1LaY TIL calculus is another word for tartar (hardened dental plaque).
JYwr8 TIL Seattle was given nearly a billion dollars in the 60s to build a subway system but never did after the voters voted against it.
yVA4X TIL Tower of the Americas in Texas held the record as the US's tallest observation tower from 1968 until 1996 when it was surpassed by the Stratosphere Tower. When pouring concrete, the crew almost forgot to install a pipe insert so plumbing could reach the observation deck
E1bb0 Today I learned about the geodesic equation: a method used to find geodesic paths through space.
8aQdb TIL that Edward Hines got the idea to paint a line in the middle of the road to seperate traffic after watching a leaky milk wagon leave a trail down the street. In 1935, he was awarded the George S. Bartlett Award for outstanding contribution to highway progress.