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TIL There’s a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby the original. It is used for surveying

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eLpk TIL That Bayer’s testing group rejected Aspirin for clinical trials because of its potential to “weaken the heart” and instead decided to pursue developing heroin.
R5ZBl TIL that after his passing, Fred Rogers’ wife revealed that behind the scenes he had a raunchy sense of humor and one of his favorite and funniest ways to break up monotony during a bland event was to look right at her, lift a butt cheek signaling that he was secretly farting, and give her a smile.
0wOO1 TIL the first US nuclear sub had to stop in San Francisco and buy 170qts of car radiator "stop leak" to finish their under-the-arctic mission.
OGxe7 TIL of Penelope a platypus known for faking a pregnancy and escaping Bronx Zoo
m1noM TIL about Tōxcatl, an annual Aztec festival which revolved around the sacrifice of a young man who had been impersonating their god Tezcatlipoca since the last Tōxcatl festival, and the selection of a new man to take that role in the year to come