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TIL The Torch NYC is supposed to rise 1000 ft over Manhattan, and look like the Statue of Liberty's Flame towering over the city, but the project is currently stalled after digging the hole for it.

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GZE TIL that it takes the explosion of an atomic bomb to just detonate a hydrogen bomb.
x5O5 TIL that a Chinese Billionaire is selling canned air in China to highlight the country’s pollution problems. The air is collected and compressed in soda cans from “revolutionary regions” around the country.
grjXy TIL the New Holland mouse is a non-marsupial mammal native to Australia. After it was first described by Europeans, it wasn't seen again for over 100 years
wLeEP TIL that the largest convenience store in the world is Buc-ee's in New Braunfels, Texas (outside San Antonio) at 68,000 square feet
m185p TIL about "grave wax" which is formed by a chemical reaction that turns the fat in your thighs and butt to a soap-like substance after a decade in a coffin.