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TIL there’s a baseball diamond on Area 51
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TIL they are building a 65,000 seat floating stadium like a cruise ship that can be moved to different oceanside locations
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TIL James Monroe, the fifth President, received every Electoral College vote except one. The holdout: a New Hampshire delegate who wanted to preserve the legacy of George Washington, the first and only President elected unanimously by the Electoral College.
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TIL: A large study led Dr. Danielle Dick and 26 researchers analyzed the genes of 1.5 million people, and found 579 locations in the genome linked to anti social behavior, drug use, and addiction. It is known as a high risk profile. However, fighter pilots, CEOs, and entrepreneurs also have it.
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TIL that the given (first) name of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (the Japanese Admiral who devised the attack on Pearl Harbor and much of Japan's success in the first part WWII) means the number "56" - his father's age when Isoroku was born.
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TIL there is a disease called fatal familial insomnia which completely prevents sleep. You will continue to stay awake until death and there is absolutely no way for you to sleep, even with the strongest medication out there. It can begin subtle but with time it will always end in death.