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TIL Jehovah’s Witnesses have falsely predicted the end of the world 20 times.

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jNbbN TIL that in 1934, Italian dictator Mussolini attempted to have the Leaning Tower of Pisa made straight, only for it to tilt more
xVmo5 TIL in 1958 Cuba became the second country in the world to have color TV broadcasts. However, the Cuban Revolution made them end in 1959 after broadcasting stations were seized, and Cuban television then remained solely black and white until 1975.
Y7bB TIL that someone has written cat-face-detection software named ‘kittydar’
wolbo TIL that the Pinus radiata tree is simultaneously endangered in its natural habitat and used extensively around the world as plantation timber
e0QJb TIL The $10,000 bill featuring the portrait of Secretary of the Treasury, Salmon P. Chase, was the highest denomination US currency ever to publicly circulate. A $100,000 bill featuring the portrait of Woodrow Wilson was issued, its purpose was to transfer funds between Federal Reserve Banks.