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TIL that Los Angeles has a pair of twin towers that are very similar in look to the New York Twin Towers, and they were designed by the same architect, Minoru Yamasaki

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7vm7 TIL India is building a fence around Bangladesh
vov7 TIL in 1998, Wu Tang Clan member Ol’ Dirty Bastard witnessed a car crash from the window of his Brooklyn recording studio. He and a friend coordinated onlookers and lifted one of the cars to rescue a four year old girl, whom ODB visited in hospital under a fake name
6E7eQ TIL Coca-Cola is sometimes used medically to dissolve 'phytobezoars' - large indigestible balls of material in the digestive tract. It works by dissolving material that otherwise would not be broken down.
6EX7Z TIL the US navy's new class of aircraft carrier USS Gerald R.Ford can accomplish 25% more aircraft launches per day than the Nimitz class and requires 25% fewer crew members. The Navy estimates it will save $4 billion in operating costs over a 50-year lifespan.
kONQd TIL that Submarines and Space Stations burn special candles as a means to produce oxygen, which can be used as a backup if their electronic oxygen-producing systems fail.