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TIL that there are 72 names of scientists, engineers, and mathematicians engraved on the Eiffel Tower

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GYxyJ TIL that jazz legend Charles Mingus once published a manual to toilet-train cats
PYbLL TIL when Sylvester Stallone went to the person he sold his dog to, after he got paid for Rocky (1975), the new owner asked for $3000 instead of the original price of $60. After Stallone declined, the new owner agreed to give the dog if he got a role in Rocky. Stallone obliged and gave him a role.
v1Abx TIL all Treasurers of the USA have been women since 1949. Their signatures appear on all paper money.
OoLxY TIL About Britain's "Anthrax Island," an island used for testing a single anthrax germ bomb by the UK in WW2. It was determined an anthrax bomb could render cities uninhabitable for generations. Quarantined for decades, the island was declared inhabitable again after a cleanup effort in 1986.
9baG TIL that the word “Peruse” actually means the opposite of how it’s casually used. It means “to read or examine thoroughly.”