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TIL: Between Oct. 12 and Nov. 14 1930 the eight-story 11,000-ton Indiana Bell building was shifted 52 feet south and rotated 90 degrees.

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N75oE TIL of Iqbal Masih, a young boy who was rescued from slavery at a carpet loom. This young activist was assassinated at the age of 12 in Lahore, Pakistan, in 1995 by someone believed to be a feudal landlord and carpet manufacturer.
RvE6 TIL The attempt to create a punctuation mark for irony and sarcasm has lasted since the 14th century and we still haven’t agreed on one. An agreement is coming any day now ⸮
R7nka TIL that astronauts in the 1970s raised the surface temperature of the moon by simply walking on it, exposing the darker soil from under the lighter soil, ultimately causing the moon to absorb more of the sun’s energy.
Ywdx TIL there is enough water in Lake Superior to flood the entire landmasses of North and South America to a depth of 1 foot. It contains over 3 quadrillion gallons of fresh water.
71bL TIL in 2003, female A-10 Thunderbolt pilot Kim Campbell was heavily lit up by anti-aircraft munitions, flying over Baghdad. The plane lost all hydraulics, rolled left and pointed toward the ground, but after reverting to manual mode she was got control, flew for an hour, and landed without brakes.