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TIL the top floor of the Supreme Court building houses a gym, including a basketball court dubbed “the highest court in the land.”

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Z85Na TIL that the first of the 112 people who died during the construction of the Hoover Adam was J.G. Tierney. The last person to die was Patrick Tierney, J.G. Tierney’s son
Me8Yb TIL the early NSU Ro80 was so unreliable that some of these cars required engine rebuilds before 50k km/30k miles. Some owners even fitted the rough-running Ford V4 engine in order not to have to deal with the original rotary powertrain.
oBQ0A TIL That Rod Stewart has a giant model train set, spanning 1,500 square feet and based on postwar Manhattan, that took him two decades to build
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kKe4 TIL that some of the gifts the U.S President has received from foreign countries over the years includes 300 pounds of raw lamb, a puppy, 2 pandas, and a copy of the Witcher 2.