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TIL a NYC hotel kicked out Duck Dynasty star Jase Robertson after confusing him for a homeless man.

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kOE1 TIL That Usain Bolt would beat a Free Fall diver (and gravity) in a race to the finish.
PYjbG TIL: A Blue whales tongue can weight as much as an elephant!
JYDdv TIL about The Poseidon, or Status-6 Multipurpose System, which is a Russian nuclear-powered underwater drone capable of creating half-kilometer tall tsunamis with a 200 megaton nuclear blast. The Russian Navy has already ordered the construction of 30 such devices.
VDnB TIL that, contrary to popular belief, >350 lb President William H. Taft did not get stuck in a White House bathtub. The White House got a tub that was so big a President couldn’t possibly get stuck. A Manhattan company specially crafted the largest solid porcelain tub ever made for an individual.
d8g1Q TIL that one in every 5,000 babies is born without a butthole. This condition is called “imperforate anus” and the baby has to have one created manually in the hospital. The cause of this is not fully understood but it is believed to be caused by abnormal development of the rectum.