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TIL the Philippines consists of 7,641 islands

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5MXp TIL after the Great Seattle Fire, the city decided to raise street levels downtown by 8 to 32 feet. During the transition, people had to climb ladders to cross a street then climb back down to sidewalk level on the other side. 17 drunks died by falling off streets and onto sidewalks below.
7mRr TIL: There is a Seattle preschool located in a nursing home. It is called the Intergenerational Learning Center.
GYvEQ TIL: The Shining's "Here Johnny" line was inspired by the Johnny Carson Show (also, Joker)?
e0BZ6 TIL The practice of pouring of a liquid in memory of those who have "passed on" was common in Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. "Pouring one out for the homies" is a custom over 3,000 years old!
R5M8l TIL West Virginia has a landlocked lighthouse