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TIL there’s a 12ft tall replica of the Washington Monument under a manhole near the actual monument

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Zpk64 TIL of Jack Parson, a rocket scientist who was involved in the religion of Thelema and whose wife ran off with L Ron Hubbard after they conned him of his savings to buy three boats
j6KmX TIL The official "Fastest Escape from a Regulated Posey Straitjacket" is 2.84 seconds, set by Danilo Audiello at the Studio Fleming Medicina Generale, Foggia, Italy, on 11 August 2014.
R7Qdw TIL Drew Carey had eye surgery in 2001 and no longer requires glasses but continues to wear them as part of his celebrity persona.
nWdKr TIL that in 2006, paleontologists officially named a dinosaur Dracorex hogwartsia, meaning "Dragon King of Hogwarts." The skull’s spiky appearance reminded them of the dragons described in the Harry Potter books. However, later research suggested it likely wasn’t a separate species.
dQ8B TIL fashion designer Ralph Lauren’s original name is Ralph Lifshitz. He changed his name because, in his own words, “it has the word ‘shit’ in it”.