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TIL that Ancient Rome was mostly built without urban planning

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5Gwr TIL of a woman whose skin grew around a toilet seat she had ben sitting on for 2 years. Her boyfriend gave her food and water until calling authorities to say there was “something wrong” with his girlfriend. Her legs had atrophied and she had to be removed with the seat.
jNDen TIL all beaches in Hawaii, outside of military bases, are public. Landowners are even required to maintain public access paths to the beach in front of their property.
NEBb TIL after the Nazi occupation of Warsaw, so much of the city had been razed that a 18th century landscape painting was used to rebuild the city.
5VVGD TIL The largest US industrial spill was in Kingston TN. 2008 with 5.4 million cubic yards of coal ash equivalent of 1.1 billion US gallons was released into the surrounding environment.
9Yn1X TIL The University of New Hampshire has a gallery on Betty and Barney Hill, known internationally for reporting they had been abducted by aliens in 1961. The exhibit features aliens depicted in a sculpture and drawings, the dress Betty wore, notebooks, photographs, and documents about the abduction