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X59E TIL That a Green Bay Packers fan used to donate blood often to afford tickets to games. He learned later on that he had a potentially fatal blood disease that was preventable through blood donation. He had unknowingly been saving his life the entire time.
kLg TIL there’s a bridge in Norway built from Leonardo De Vinci’s drawings 500 years earlier.
D1wlY TIL that 17 miles (27km) from Mount Rushmore, a gigantic sculpture is being carved in the Black Hills, showing Native Chief Crazy Horse on his steed, pointing east. The contruction has started in 1948 and will take another 50 years to be completed.
xVoK5 TIL before the Miss USA beauty pageant, there existed a "Mrs America" which chose an annual best wife, based on cooking, sewing, ironing skills, as well as personality and looks
4kAnR TIL of David Hahn, the 17 yr old Who Built a Nuclear Reactor in His Garden in 1994