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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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VBE8D TIL That There Were American Combat Fatalities In The Cuban Missile Crises
lovpB TIL of the slow movement, which advocates a cultural shift toward slowing down life's pace, and "doing everything as well as possible, instead of as fast as possible." It began with a protest against the opening of a McDonald's in Rome in 1986. "It’s about quality over quantity in everything."
XELNR TIL Before the Civil War, Syria experienced five years of severe drought
nek7o TIL that in the 1960s, Mister Rogers launched George Romero's career, by giving him his first job after he arrived in Pittsburgh. Mister Rogers supported him and watched Night of the Living Dead, and Dawn of the Dead, and told George they were "a lot of fun".
X0pGR TIL that’s Kangaroo testicles were stuffed with grass and used as a football by indigenous Australians and the game bore quite the resemblance to Aussie Rules Football.