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TIL that in 2006 DOT inspectors discovered a cold war era fallout shelter under the Brooklyn Bridge

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78Y6Z TIL that there were actually two German Kings called Henry the seventh. When writing about them one is called Henry (VII.) and one Henry VII. In German the former is actually called "Heinrich der Klammersiebte" which translates to "Henry the bracketed seventh".
p8Ooe TIL : There are problems which can't be solved even if we have plenty of resources. These are called as undecidable problems. For such a problem, a computer might give a wrong answer or it will run forever without a solution.
e0BPD TIL the Jal Mahal (literally "water palace") is a palace in the middle of a lake in India, and 4 of its stories are under the lake.
gR1A TIL When King Charles II of Navarra was sick, his doctor ordered him to be wrapped in linen and covered in brandy. Unfortunately, instead of cutting the last thread of linen with scissors, the nurse thought it’d be a great idea to burn it off, burning the King alive.
PYWXL TIL the song 'Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)' was originally written as an anti-LSD track. Kenny Rogers covered it, leading to it becoming a counter-culture hit and a long-lasting representation of the late 60's psychedelic era.