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TIL large VA hospital sat vacant since the 70s due to asbestos mitigation and demolition costs

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b69v9 TIL that the world's current oldest living person, Kane Tanaka, has lived through all five imperial reigns that make up modern day Japan.
9Y11G TIL In 1997, Boris Yeltsin refused to allow the President of Belarus to let his aircraft into Russia, forcing him to cancel a regional visit. Yeltsin sent a telegram saying the visit could take place only under certain conditions related to the release of a television journalist detained in Belarus
9YZQB TIL That Albatross can fly for SEVEN Years without returning to the Land, and can fly up to 800 KM/day. They also mate for life and spend months apart from their mate.
LQgZd TIL Nina Simone’s song Mississippi Goddam was written in response to a Baptist church bombing in 1963. This song was used as an anthem for the civil rights movement in a time when music was heavily censored
0jGN TIL that the largest volcano on Earth is named Tamu Massif. Located at the bottom of the Pacific ocean it has a surface area the same as New Mexico making it one of the largest volcanoes in the Solar System.