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TIL Mohawk Indians were instrumental in building many NYC bridges and skyscrapers, including the Empire State Building. This both contributed to, and was the result of, the myth that American Indians have no fear of heights.

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xVnno TIL Jim Carrey was the first actor to have three films go straight to number one in the same year. The year was 1994, and the films were The Mask, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, and Dumb and Dumber.
KBVB TIL The Areni-1 shoe is a 5,500-year-old leather shoe that was found in 2008 in near perfect condition. For perspective, the shoes are 400 years older than those found at Stonehenge, and 1,000 years older than those found at the Great Pyramid of Giza.
p8L8G TIL there were more first responders that died due to illnesses linked to 9/11 than those that died on the day of the attacks.
LQWYV TIL an acre is measured as a chain (66') by a furlong (660')
0wJGL TIL that up to 50% of young twins develop a secret language that can not be understood by others.The phenomenon is called cryptophasia and is thought to be created to communicate when one of the twins develop language slower than the other.