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TIL the border between California and Nevada was not completely agreed upon until 1985.

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P11ew TIL about Mitsuye Endo who was a plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court lawsuit that ultimately led to the closing of the concentration camps in the U.S. and the return of Japanese Americans to the West Coast in 1945.
neO4o TIL thieves stole a radiotherapy unit from an abandoned hospital and sold it for scrap. The caesium unit was opened and admired for its mysterious blue glow. Hundreds fell ill and 4 people died of radiation poisoning.
NYKM TIL Jennifer Aniston personally owned Pat the Dog, the white, ceramic dog statue in Joey and Chandler’s apartment. It was a gift to her on the first day of filming and the producers of Friends wanted to use it.
aELJ TIL San Francisco International Airport is essentially built on top of 267 ball bearings whose support columns are capable of moving 20in any direction during an earthquake
JYAB4 TIL that The Three Stooges were lied to for 23 years by the then-president of Columbia Pictures. They were never told how popular they were during their Columbia run, and never asked for a raise due to always thinking they were on the verge of losing their jobs.