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TIL about 55 Water Street, an office building in Lower Manhattan with 3.2 million sq ft. of office space owned by Retirement Systems of Alabama the pension fund for Government employees in Alabama.

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Wjj4 TIL that before 1934, film in Hollywood used to be extraordinarily liberal during a period called “Pre-Code”. Before laws about decency were passed, films in that era would give today’s rated-R movies a run for their money, featuring nudity, homosexuality, drug use, intense violence and more.
6EvJ8 TIL about Richard Proenneke, who left his career as a heavy equipment operator, flew to a remote Alaskan lake, built a log cabin by hand, and lived alone for 30 years
KxR4 TIL Disney removed the Tarzan character from their parks because women kept pinching the butts of the loincloth-wearing actors who played him.
7r5Mr Today I Learned that the image of Smokey the Bear undergoes more enforced regulation than the American flag. This is not hyperbole, the US government has to give explicit permission for anyone to have a costume, and does not allow Smokey The Bear to be depicted in any way that is demeaning to him.
QJJj6 TIL a Russian man dug up and mummified the dead bodies of 26 little girls, before dressing them up and placing them around his house. He gave all of them names, threw them birthday parties, and considered them his "children".