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TIL there is a hotel called the Greenbrier in West Virginia. A bunker was built under the hotel in the late 50s to house Congress in the event of a nuclear war. It was outted by the Washington Post and subsequently closed. It's now open for tours.

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wyD8 TIL Kirk Douglas’ son, Eric Douglas, tried a career in stand-up comedy. At one point he was frustrated by the audience’s reaction, so he shouted ‘I’m Kirk Douglas’s son!’. An audience member responded by standing up and shouting 'No, I’m Kirk Douglas’s son!’, followed by the rest of the audience.
BOxW TIL of UCSC grad student Jim Kent who wrote a program to allow the Human Genome Project to assemble and publish the genome. The research was largely motivated by concerns that Celera Genomics, working on a parallel project, would patent the data. Kent’s results were released first by 3 days.
b9yOE TIL: Of the plight of actor Dudley Moore; amongst his most famous roles was that of the perpetually drunk "Arthur". His death was from a form of Parkinson's disease that in the early stages has a symptom of the sufferer appearing to be extremely intoxicated.
X0OBD TIL of Madam C. J. Walker, the first self-made female millionaire in America. Born in 1867, orphaned at 7 years old and widowed at 20, she made her fortune manufacturing cosmetics and hair care products
167Md TIL Equatorial Guinea built a complex of 52 identical mansions with helipads, one for every African leader attending the week-long African Union summit. The houses are all empty