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TIL The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty is taller than the Statue itself. Standing at 154 feet tall over the Statue's 151 feet.

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DQggY TIL the embalmed head of moral philosopher Jeremy Bentham was kidnapped in 1975 by University College London students, who demanded a £100 ransom for charity. The university offered £10. The head was returned.
8aljL TIL the Lion's roar from the Metro-Goldwyn logo is actually made from tiger vocalizations, as "lions don't make that kind of ferocious noise and the logo needed to be ferocious and majestic"
ADvn TIL NASA used less money ($526 billion) in it’s entire existence than the US military used in 2010 ($663 billion)
ZGkv TIL in 1996 a female gorilla rescued a 3 year-old boy after he fell 18 feet into a primate enclosure at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois which housed 6 other gorillas. The gorilla, who was carrying her own infant on her back, cradled the boy and took him to a door where paramedics could retrieve him.
xVrjg TIL that Queen Elizabeth can legally drive a car without a license. She didn't need to take a driver's test and also doesn't have a number plate on her car.