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TIL that we could’ve straightened the leaning tower of Pisa... but we didn’t!

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KOyZa TIL about Hamish McHamish a ginger cat who lived in a town in Scotland. He rose to fame after a book entitled Hamish McHamish of St Andrews: Cool Cat About Town was published. On 5 April 2014 a bronze statue of Hamish was unveiled in Hamish"s honor.
NXmjJ TIL That in 1958 Mao Zedong ordered the killings of all sparrows. The mindless war on birds unleashed terrible plagues, exacerbated the great famine, created a fatal chapter in chinas history. And underscored why respect for animals is the path to freedom.
vn9K TIL Only 16 years elapsed between the first humans to stand at the summit of Mt. Everest and the first humans to stand on the Moon.
v1ApB TIL The maximum number things an average person can hold in their mind is 7±2 before the analytical portion of their mind is overwhelmed and the impulsive/emotional portion of their mind takes over decision-making.
9YOnr TIL that the actor who played French WW2 POW Cpl LeBeau in 1960s sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes” is a French Jew who survived imprisonment in the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp