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TIL an Atlas nuclear missile silo in Kansas was converted to luxury condos for survivalists

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pYEaO TIL: The Pacific Ocean terminus of the Panama Canal is actually to the east of the Atlantic Ocean terminus.
9YwoG TIL John Barrowman, who is gay, auditioned to play Will on "Will & Grace" but was turned down for being "too straight". The role went instead to Eric McCormack, who actually is straight.
v1vRx TIL that in 2015 the city of Melbourne gave email addresses to trees so locals could report problems. Instead, people wrote thousands of "love letters" to their favorite trees.
69BGY TIL That a small cache of Roman coins were found in a ruined castle on Okinawa, Japan during an archaeological excavation in 2016, marking the first time Roman coins were found on the Japanese Islands. The coins depicted Emperor Constantine the Great, who ruled from 306 to 337 AD.
Lxvp TIL there is an organization called Engineers Without Borders that works to improve infrastructure and engineering practices in developing countries.