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TIL The Leaning Tower of Pisa is inclined by only 4 degrees.

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8a6aV TIL of a giant "WELCOME TO CLEVELAND" sign on a rooftop in the flight path of a Milwaukee airport. It has been causing confusion to passengers since 1978. Creator, Mark Gubin, said: "Living in the world is not a dress rehearsal. You better have fun with it."
Z877Q TIL elephants evolved to keep their testicles inside their body because predators kept biting them off.
kOYad TIL of Robert Smalls, a slave who freed himself his crew & their families by overtaking Confederate ship, CSS Planter, and sailing it north. The ship contained a code book letting them pass CSA checkpoints. He became new captain of the ship & convinced Lincoln to admit African Americans to the Army
OoyBL TIL that the longest serving employee of a company is Walter Orthmann who started his job at a textiles company in Brazil in 1938 and is still there.
D1KLr Til about Mckamey manor a literal house of torture