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TIL there's a Machine gun Nest at Hoover Dam.

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YppwB TIL when presented with nutrients arranged in the pattern of Japanese cities around Tokyo, brainless, single-celled slime molds construct networks of nutrient-channeling tubes that are strikingly similar to the layout of the Japanese rail system
j6An TIL Comedy Central received more than 2,000 angry e-mail complaints when the South Park creators pranked fans with the episode “Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus” instead of concluding the season 1 cliffhanger about the identity of Cartman’s father
6Eb8l TIL a 2011 study found that playing the vuvuzela in a crowded event was an incredibly efficient way to spread a respiratory virus, over 100 times more than shouting.
jNPnj TIL Herbert Hoover was so fat that his doctor invented Hooverball, where "On a tennis-like court, two teams of three players throw a 6-pound medicine ball back and forth over an 8-foot net." Hoover lost 21 pounds in his term.
woXyo TIL the next supercontinent may form in 200 million to 300 million years when the Pacific Ocean disappears.