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TIL Bob Dole’s website from his 1996 presidential campaign is still online

Read more dolekemp96.org

via reddit.com

jNbbN TIL that in 1934, Italian dictator Mussolini attempted to have the Leaning Tower of Pisa made straight, only for it to tilt more
oBMg7 TIL about dazzle camouflage, used for naval ships in WWI. It consisted of "complex patterns of geometric shapes in contrasting colours, interrupting and intersecting each other." This would make it hard for German U-boats to accurately shoot torpedoes.
5bN9 TIL there is a light bulb in California that has been almost continuously burning since 1901, and has been cited as evidence of planned obsolescence in modern technology.
PYLJZ TIL the Ku Klux Klan expanded into Canada in the 1920s, aiming to distinguish itself from its American counterpart. It's primary focus was to preserve the "Britishness" of Canada, and their robes included a maple leaf opposite the cross insignia.
8JB4 TIL that a hungry Jesus cursed a fig tree to wither and die because it was out of season and had no fruit. This is counted as one of Jesus’s miracles.