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TIL: The vast Library of Congress (paper) card catalog is abandoned in place, gathering dust in the basement

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8MOG TIL the son of Benny Hinn - Joshua Hinn - along with his body guards beat the shit out of a deaf and dumb man for trying to walk to the stage for prayer. Charges were later dropped for a “large sum of money.”
yjNM TIL: Earthworms are 82% protein, rich in Omega 3, and pair well with cumin and curry
0w4LN TIL of Silphium, a plant from classic antiquity that was so valuable that it was supposedly overharvested to extinction. The plant only grew in a narrow coastal area in Cyrenaica (Libya). It was widely used as seasoning, perfume, as an aphrodisiac, and medicine.
oBBX8 TIL Springsteen isn't pissing on the American flag on the album cover of Born In The USA. "We took a lot of different types of pictures, and in the end, the picture of my ass looked better than the picture of my face...I didn't have any secret message."
e0Awb TIL that Jonathan Winters' career started when he entered a contest in which the top prize was a watch. Having lost his watch, his wife encouraged him to enter the contest, which he won