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TIL of the Lost Cosmonauts conspiracy theory, which alleges that the Soviet Union sent two or more men into space before Yuri Gagarin, but their attempts at being the first man in space ended in failure

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0YW1 TIL a couple people in Bath, UK opened a very short toll road connecting Bath and Bristol around a year ago. The toll road, which did not get a permit to be built, bypassed a short section of a main road that had a 14 mile long detour. They built the road in only 10 days.
JYjLm Til that 'the Pale' was the small part of Ireland directly controlled by English during medieval times and that it refers to the stakes that hold together fences, from which we get 'Beyond the Pale'.
4kDOo TIL: Graffiti artist David Choe became a multimillionaire after he decided to to take Facebook stock instead of a payment for a painting
WVPX TIL If you live within 10 miles of a US Nuclear plant you can get Potassium Iodide pills from the department of health for free in case of a leak.
R5wl8 TIL Barbers were also Dentists for centuries!