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TIL that Vatican state owns a observatory telescope in south-west Arizona

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e0el6 TIL that the scientific definition of a berry includes grapes, tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants, bananas, chili peppers, persimmons, watermelons, and pumpkins.
4XEnR TIL when the structural engineer of the World Trade Center was showing the building to some of his colleagues they criticized the strength and durability of the windows he had chosen. He then ran towards a window and bounced right off, demonstrating the faith he had in his choice.
X0vbk TIL the city of Los Angeles pays more for parking enforcement/writing tickets than the parking tickets themselves actually generate in revenue for the city.
R7naQ TIL the Bone Wars was a spectacularly dirty, competitive period of fossil hunting, marked by a bitter, destructive rivalry between 2 collectors who used nefarious means to outdo each other incl. spying, bribery & theft. Both were financially & socially ruined by their attempts to disgrace the other.
d8ja7 TIL that after decades of Florida’s convoluted fireworks law that supposedly made them illegal (but allowed the sale for unlikely purposes, which purchasers would sign “official” forms attesting to), fireworks are now legal for all residents on New Year’s and the Fourth of July.