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TIL Soft Serve "ice cream" is not Ice Cream
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ANakn
TIL: Nissan made a cybertruck back in '01
VB1yZ
TIL about the Frankish Tower on the Acropolis of Athens, built in Medieval Greece and demolished by Heinrich Schliemann, the German national who later found (and badly damaged) the Site of Troy, who wanted any post-Classical buildings "cleaned-up" from the Acropolis
d0rB
TIL Walt Disney World is the largest consumer of fire works in the United States.The park also launches the fireworks with compressed air instead of gunpowder to reduce fumes and gain better height and timing
Wk6p9
TIL of Mir—a Russian space station launched in 1986 that lasted 15 years. It hosted the first wheat grown in space, the longest human presence, and survived several fires. When it began falling apart, astronaut Mike Foal said it was “a bit like a frat house, but more organized and better kept.”
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Today I learned about the great Joe Rollino. A Coney Island strongman who advocated for healthy living ahead of his time. Bent a quarter on his 103rd birthday - using his teeth. He died at age 104 when he was hit by a minivan during one of his daily walks in Brooklyn.