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TIL that the Sacré-Cœur Basilica in Paris was considered so ugly by some that there was a plan to put up a full-sized Statue of Liberty in front to hide it.

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GADeG TIL there is a town in Alaska called Whittier where nearly the entire population lives in one building along with all of the town's public facilities.
JDy4 TIL the Nazis developed experimental drug cocktail in which the Nazi doctors found that equipment-laden test subjects who had taken the drug could march 55 miles (88.5 kilometers) without resting
8a1NX TIL California is home to 91 of the 100 most expensive zip codes in America.
kOPPm TIL there are two birth anomalies - superfecundation (twins with separate fathers) and chimerism (absorbed twins), that if combined, will create a single human with two biological fathers.
woPy8 TIL Somoas are the unhealthiest Girl Scout Cookie & Trefoils are the healthiest Girl Scout Cookie