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TIL that the abandoned town of Old Jefferson in Tennessee was evacuated and burned down in 1963, to make way for an artificial lake. But the water drained away into underground caves and the site of the town never flooded

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a8Jjy TIL that Irishwoman Christian Davies was the first woman to be admitted to the British Army retirement home Royal Hospital Chelsea in 1717, after serving in the British Army from 1693 to 1706 while disguised as a man
X0epD TIL: At 555ft, the Washington Monument was the tallest building in the world for a few years until it was surpassed by the Eiffel Tower.
ykAJ TIL Laser Tag was actually military combat training before it was commercial recreation
ZPDa TIL that Garth Brooks is one of the last hold out big-name musicians refusing to put his music on iTunes because he disagrees with Apple’s approach to selling music. He will only make his back catalog of hits and his new music available for download on his own website.
WkpON TIL Chiropractic was founded by a traveling religious miracle healer who belived that magnets could cure diseases. He was sent to jail in Iowa in 1906 for practicing medicine without a license. The American Medical Association later labelled chiropractors an "unscientific cult."