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TIL: Workers constructing a then-secret bomb/fallout shelter in Budapest meant to protect the leadership were told the project was actually a subway station. The Rákosi-bunker (AKA F-4 Object) was active from the 1950s to the 70s. Few in the public knew of it until a documentary appeared in 1994.

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loL8G TIL that the earliest record of a named cat is from over 3400 years in Egypt, his name was "Nedjem" which means sweet or pleasant.
5YagD TIL about a meteor storm in 1833 that filled the sky with more than 72,000 meteors per hour
8m9Z TIL The waves created by a moving body in water, be it a duck or a ship(called feather waves) are always at an angle of 19.47 degrees to the direction of motion, irrespective of the speed
9YXW6 TIL:Britney Spears' alcoholic drug addicted father controls all her money and finances.
7rdAb TIL of the Pharaoh Sesostris who would erect columns in the place he conquered. If the cities fought bravely he included a description of the battle, if they were cowardly he'd draw a woman's vulva.