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TIL that the Colossus of Constantine, a 12-meter (40-foot) ancient statue of the Roman emperor, had two right hands

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lonEr TIL in 1945, Barry Fitzgerald accidentally decapitated his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor while using it to practice his golf swing. The statute was particularly vulnerable because it was made of plaster and painted gold due to the shortage of metal during WWII.
v1dZ8 TIL that in 1832 the US Bank thwarted the government’s plan to pay off the public debt by illegally authorizing European bankers to purchase it, leading Andrew Jackson to fear that “a new era may arise in which the capitalist abroad may have an influence over the destinies of this country.”
v1Gjr TIL Frog neck muscles are so weak that they use their eyes to push food down their throat. While it looks like they're blinking, they’re actually sucking their eyes down into their bodies to push food into their stomach.
wJ06 TIL After President Kennedy’s autopsy, his brain and all autopsy tissues and materials dissapeared. To this day it’s unknown what happened to them.
mKZO TIL that after Wernher von Braun’s first V2 rocket was used in combat, he was quoted as saying “the rocket worked perfectly, except for landing on the wrong planet”.