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TIL South Dakota - The United Nations Headquarters That Never Was

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awMbJ TIL that some people remember their dreams only in black and white.
beVN TIL baseball player Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash on New Year’s Eve 1972 while trying to deliver food and relief supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. He had exactly 3,000 hits in his professional career.
5Bw9 TIL 3 years after Mark Zuckerberg declared privacy was no longer a “social norm” he bought a home…and four other homes around that home in order to protect his privacy.
mL7P TIL that the medieval French Chapelle de Bethléem has been restored with grotesques referencing popular culture, including Gremlins and Alien.
E1mkp TIL The long-range bombardment of Fort McHenry, glorified by the Star Spangled Banner, was quite ineffective. Over 25 hours, the British fired 1,500-1,800 bombs and rockets but only killed 4 and wounded 25.