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TIL The Statue of Liberty’s copper skin is about the thickness of 2 pennies.

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MemMA TIL Dr. Seuss saw children's literature as a step down in a writer's career. Geisel was loved by millions of children but couldn't have children of his own; he wanted his work to be published but panicked when he had to talk about it publicly
5x1r TIL pirates kidnapped a 22 year old Julius Caesar. His charisma led the pirates to treat him as a friend. He insisted they double his ransom, which they did. He said he would crucify them when free, and it was laughed off as a playful joke. Upon release he raised a fleet, returned and crucified them
vOQx TIL that in 1961 at Jackass Flats, Nevada, the United States successfully tested a nuclear aircraft engine that would hug the terrain at mach 3. During its flight to the target, the proposed unmanned bomber would have deafened, flattened, and irradiated our allies. The project was cancelled in 1964.
wo0n1 TIL of Decorah Posten, an Iowa-based Norwegian-language newspaper that was widely read by Scandinavian immigrants to the United States from 1874 to 1972. Its founder, Brynild Anundsen, represented the state of Iowa at the coronation of Haakon VII of Norway and Queen Maud in 1906.
9Ml6 TIL that Wilson the volleyball from the movie ‘Cast Away’ won a 'Best Inanimate Object’ award.