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TIL the wooden playground I grew up playing on was designed by Bob Leathers who designed over 2000 playgrounds around the US. His unique style was inspired by interviewing kids in the neighborhood who would request to have castles, spaceships and tree houses.

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e0DB6 Male dolphins use individual names throughout their life. “This is the coolest thing ever.”
d8RyK TIL the Great Pyramid of Giza probably isn’t the one you think it is. Of the three famous pyramids, the LEFTMOST one is actually the Great Pyramid. The one in the middle is 7 feet shorter, but it sits on higher ground making it look taller.
5YvR8 TIL about Supreme Court Judge Joseph Force Crater, who became the "missingest man in New York," when he disappeared on the streets of Manhattan in 1930. On the day he destroyed several documents, shifted portfolios to his 5th Ave apartment and withdrew $5000. He was declared legally dead in 1939.
pYGp TIL that in Denmark, there is an old law which has never been revoked stating: “If the sea between Denmark and Sweeden freezes, you are allowed to hit the Swedes with a stick”
kNl7 TIL Three generations of the 10th US President John Tyler’s family from his 1790 birth to his still living grandsons have spanned parts of 4 centuries.