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TIL one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s apprentices designed a building that was declared historic only twenty years after it was built: Thorncrown Chapel in Arkansas.

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5vwQ TIL actor David Hyde Pierce tried to change his name to David Pierce. After being cast as Nigel Crane on ‘Frasier’, however, the use of his middle name in the show’s credits helped reinforce his character’s “snooty” image. Pierce won four Emmys as Frasier Crane’s even more-pompous brother.
OoKD4 TIL that since first being medically documented in 1609, there have been approximately 100 documented cases of Diphallia - a genetic condition in which a boy is born with two functioning penises.
Yp5wP TIL that the term "Great Depression" was first coined in the 1870's during an economic crisis known as the Panic of 1873.
X9VR TIL - Polygraph Tests being able to determine if you’re lying or not is an absolute MYTH.
YpEMP TIL in the Pliocene, 3 million years ago, the world was about 2C warmer than now, and sea levels were somewhere between 10M and 40M higher than now. 2C is also the rise we hope to keep below by 2100.