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TIL The Pentagon is the world's largest office building

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v1OV4 TIL of the Unsolved Hinterkaifeck Mystery. German farmer found footprints leading from the woods to his farm, but no footprints going back. Days later he was murdered along with his whole family.
J1Qnj TIL The Canary Islands are named from the Latin word for dog and not the bird!
Me6A8 TIL that Groucho Marx invited the band Queen to visit him because they named 2 of their albums after Marx Brothers movies.
x6PLD TIL that the Seven Deadly Sins are not directly mentioned in the Bible, but there are parallels with the seven things God is said to dislike in the Book of Proverbs.
xVXRo TIL On the tiny island nation of Tuvalu, everyday for about two hours before sunset hundreds of Tuvaluans, young and old, meet on the international airport runway to just hang out