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TIL the cap of the Washington Monument contains 100 ounces of pure aluminum. Aluminum was one of the rarest and most valuable metals in the world – more valuable than silver – when the building was constructed in the 1850s.

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X5or TIL In the mid-90s, a bar in Moscow named “The Hungry Duck” introduced a ladies night whereby only women were allowed in for two hours, and were given unlimited booze for free. At 10 p.m., following a male strip act, men were allowed in.
XE6ZP TIL Dartmouth chemistry professor Karen Wetterhahn spilled 1 or 2 droplets of dimethylmercury on her gloved hand while working in a lab. Less than a year later she was dead from poisoning.
N7bjb TIL Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Joseph Stalin were all nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, with Hitler being nominated in 1939, Mussolini in 1935 and Stalin in both 1945 & 1948.
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lY6B TIL that Boeing’s factory in Everett, WA is so big that It could fit all of Disney Land inside the building, and clouds have been known to form inside.