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TIL the CIA declassified a document where a subject found and gave the exact coordinates to underground USSR facility while Astral Projecting

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w15Y TIL that one of the United States’ most elusive counterfeiters turned out to be a 72 year-old man who made crude $1 bill fakes that were printed on paper and included such errors as “Wahsington.” When caught, the man was given a year in jail and fined a single real dollar.
VnJQ TIL that the Michigan Theater, once one of the most beautiful pieces of architecture in the Midwest, is now used as a parking garage.
Orva TIL that Claudette Colvin, a 15 year old African American girl, was the unsung hero of the Alabama Bus Boycott and desegregation of public transportation. Before Rosa Parks, Colvin was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman, citing that it was her constitutional right.
W7yYN TIL: It is completely legal, to drop any item from an aircraft as long as the end result does not harm person or property.
w8p7 TIL that a woman named Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) was the first to attempt a journey around the world in 80 days inspired by the Jules Verne book. She did it in 72 days, 6 hours, and 11 minutes - a world record.