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TIL Count von Count (from Sesame Street) has a form of OCD (Arithmomania) in regards to counting.

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QNQ9a TIL in 1930 a 11,000-Ton Telephone Exchange Building Was Moved Without Suspending Its Operations
6PmJ TIL there exists a mysterious fruit-tree species in Arkansas discovered by science in 1990, who is only the second of its kind, with its closest relative being in Europe. It exists only in a 22 acre area, there are only 25 trees left of its kind and no one knows where it came from.
wo8rJ TIL about America's Marine Highway, a United States Department of Transportation initiative aiming to use the United States' 29,000 miles of navigable waterways to alleviate traffic and wear to the nation's highways caused by tractor trailer traffic.
KYwLQ TIL that Napoleon once gave an ornately decorated tiara (a crown) to the pope with 3345 precious jewels inlaid into it. This was actually intended to be an insult, as the tiara weighed 18 pounds and was too small to fit on a human head.
epgPE TIL the 1992 show "Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos" so offended the owner of the network that he called the studio and cancelled it minutes into the first episode