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TIL the 1979 Sears catalog sold a corner pool table

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4eyb TIL that President Lyndon B Johnson owned an “Amphicar,” an amphibious car and would surprise unsuspecting guests by driving down a steep incline towards a lake and scream “The brakes don’t work! The brakes won’t hold! We’re going in! We’re going under!”
eppkE TIL that Kjeragbolten is a boulder on the mountain Kjerag in Norway. It was left in a crevasse during the last ice age, suspended above a 3,228 ft deep abyss. It is accessible without any climbing equipment, and a popular site for BASE jumping.
Oo65X TIL that Remote Workers are more productive than their in-office counterparts, according to 59% of employers.
g0AX TIL that a boy named Anton Salonen caused an international incident after his Finnish father, with the help of Finnish diplomats, kidnapped his son back after the boys Russian mother kidnapped the boy in the first place.
rPKx TIL If a male lion is neutered it’s mane will fall out.