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TIL that the Michigan Theater, once one of the most beautiful pieces of architecture in the Midwest, is now used as a parking garage.

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Zra4 TIL that the “Great Pyramid” was constructed using approx. 2.3 million stones, each weighing between 2.5-15 tons. In order to finish the “Great Pyramid” in 23 years, the workers would have to set a block every 2.5 minutes, every day of the week for 23 years using no wheels, pulleys or work animals.
YRkP TIL American soldiers in WWI who were skilled at trap shooting were armed with model 1897s and were stationed where they could fire at enemy hand grenades in midair. This would deflect the grenades from falling into the American trenches and therefore protect American soldiers
69d8l TIL a charity restored the sight of a 60-year-old amnesiac who thought he was much younger. He had been blind for 9 months because he couldn’t afford cataract surgery.
6QRl TIL that not only did Eisenhower warn us about the the “military-industrial complex”, he also warned about the “domination of the nation’s scholars by Federal employment” and the “scientific-technological elite”
679Y TIL that there is an ancient Babylonian tablet dated from 1800 BCE which contains a list of Pythagorean Triples.