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TIL ruts leftover from the wagon trains traveling the Oregon Trial, are still visible today.

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x65Ww TIL Notre Dame Cathedral's landmark spire, being restored after the fire 4 years ago, new, 60' tall "heart of the spire", made from centuries old oak, is being placed on the cathedral roof August 2023.
1aaOr TIL that UK's Crown Estate has a total value is about $16.5 billion (Apr'16). This includes 263,000 farmed acres, half of the U.K.’s shoreline and almost all the seabed to the 12-mile territorial limit. Queen Elizabeth and family receive 15% of all the money, almost $400 million annually.
Z8R4D TIL As of 2018, 73% of active female senators and over 50% of women in the house of representatives were girl scouts alums
b4LN TIL that existential depression is a certain type of depression that arises when an individual confronts certain basic issues of their existence. To over simplify, simply living makes people not want to live.
9YQY7 TIL about the hidden holocaust, better known as the "Congo Horrors" caused by King Leopold II of Belgium. The magnitude of the population fall over the period is disputed, but it is thought to be as high as 15 million people.