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TIL In 1948, Quezon City was declared capital of Phillipines until 1976, when former President Ferdinand Marcos transferred the title to Manila. In 2013, a councilor urged Congress to make Quezon City the capital again

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D1jNP TIL of the Dobbertin Surface Orbiter, a all-terrain vehicle created from a stainless steel milk tanker, has covered 33,000 miles on land, has passed through 28 countries, transits the open ocean and is the first car to transit the Panama Canal.
VeQ8 TIL that there is an underground parking garage in Israel that can be converted in 3 days to a fortified emergency hospital with room for 2,000 patients. It can generate its own power and store enough oxygen, drinking water, and medical supplies for up to 3 days.
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