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TIL the derelict Tomlinson Hall in Indianapolis, Indiana was destroyed by a fire on January 30, 1958, allegedly after a pigeon dropped a lit cigarette on the roof of the building

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awoxZ TIL The National Library of Sweden has a 16th century book that can be read six different ways.
ANLod TIL of Cindy James, a Canadian nurse who disappeared on May 25, 1989 and was discovered 2 weeks later. Despite the autopsy stating that she died of a combined drug overdose, she had been reporting harassment from an unknown stalker for 7 years. Her cause of death was changed to an "unknown event."
pYNQ TIL that Granite is found exclusively on Earth, with no other body in the solar system containing granite.