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TIL that a moment was actually a medieval unit of time lasting about 90 seconds

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r76M TIL there’s a line of 70 foot long concrete arrows that bisects the country longitudinally all the way from San Francisco to New York City. They’re from the pre-digital age and were installed by the Federal gov’t in 1924 with 50’ tall towers with rotating gas-powered lights to aid lost pilots.
VMPoZ TIL That Red Lobster donated a rare blue Lobster to the Akron Zoo
dQo9 TIL that there are hundreds of thousands of unexploded Allied bombs in Germany. An average of 15 bombs are discovered daily.
x4mk TIL that the rightful emperor of China head of the Qing Dynasty, Lord of Ten Thousand Years, Son of Heaven, and Imperial Highness of the Present Time works in local politics, and is a member of a local council
gAeL TIL an Athenian law-maker was smothered to death by gifts of cloaks and hats showered upon him by appreciative citizens at a theatre.