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TIL that an estimated 500,000 Americans have fake degrees.

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69ylW TIL 1930 Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act, the second highest in US history, prompted retaliatory tariffs by many other countries and was a contributing factor to worsening the Great Depression
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JYZoj TIL that Godzilla is a registered citizen in Japan.
PYMyZ TIL that NASA engineers had issues with the honey comb insulation of the Saturn V rocket, so they ended up hiring local surfers, who had experience in working with the material, to apply it to the rocket.
NXLQP TIL the world’s tallest skyscraper designed by a woman is The St. Regis, Chicago. Standing at 1,198 ft tall, the 101-story tower was created by architect Jeanne Gang in 2020. The tower consists of three interconnected towers of different heights but all possess the same unique curvilinear design.