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TIL Mount Rushmore was supposed to be a sculpture of each president from head to waist but it ran out of funding so only the heads were finished

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oB7Z7 TIL psychologist László Polgár theorized that any child could become a genius in a chosen field with early training. As an experiment, he trained his daughters in chess from age 4. All three went on to become chess prodigies, and the youngest, Judit, is considered the best female player in history.
nWobG TIL the 2002 Pontiac Firebird and the 2002 Chevy Camaro were the last popular production cars that had T-tops.
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yVOPX TIL that ants outnumber humans by 2.5 million times. 20 quadrillion total.
P1MBg TIL that the United States is currently under 42 different national emergencies, one of which dates from 1979.