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TIL of the Leaning Tower of Niles, a half-size replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, located in Niles, Illinois. It was completed in 1934 by industrialist Robert Ilg as part of a recreation park for employees of the Ilg Hot Air Electric Ventilating Company of Chicago.

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e0V95 TIL that the Knights of Columbus funded Catholic rebels against the secularist Mexican government in the 1920s. In response, the Ku Klux Klan sent $10,000 to the Mexican government to help them fight the Catholics.
gyO9 TIL there is a 99.26% correlation (r=0.992558) between divorce rates in Maine and the per capita consumption of margarine.
W7RZX TIL: Maya Angelou directed one movie - 'Down in the Delta' - a well received film released in 1988
d8Gnd TIL that the King of Thailand's second wife fled to Britain with their five children after being divorced, denounced and accused of abuse and fraud.
jaQN TIL that the word “Sioux” is not actually a word. It is a partial word from “Nadowessioux” which is an insult that means “little snakes.” The tribes associated with this nomenclature are actually the Dakota, the Lakota, and the Nakota.