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TIL that during renovation works to the Statue of Liberty before centennial celebrations in 1986, engineers found numerous defects when it was originally designed and constructed. These include the head being two metres off centre, and the right arm not being properly attached.

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nXgG TIL: US States had the legal right to impose the “death penalty” on Corporations in the 18th and 19th century by revoking their corporate charters and selling off their assets.
rrdM TIL that when Robert Kearns tried to license his intermittent wipers to the “Big Three” auto makers, they rejected his proposal, and used it in their cars anyway.
epOxE TIL that chickpeas and almonds contain almost as much protein as steak. This shows that a person can become strong on a vegan diet after all.
xMjD TIL of “SLAM”, a cancelled nuclear ramjet missle that could carry up to 16 thermonuclear warheads, travel for months nonstop, spew radiation wherever it went, and flew at tree top levels, killing anyone it would fly over
mxY0R TIL While imprisoned for murdering 7 people in Australia, Ivan Milat "The Backpacker Killer" cut off his little finger with a plastic knife in 2011 in order to send it by mail to the High Court of Australia.