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TIL Tupac was a ballet dancer, and played the role of the Mouse King in The Nutcracker.

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mxLrv TIL that hair and fingernails appear longer after death because the skin surrounding them dehydrates and retracts.
ep7DJ TIL The first house in Cleveland to have electricity got its power from the first automatic electric turbine. The turbine was built in 1888 for the home of Charles F. Brush and provide continuous power for 20 years.
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oBEjY TIL: Over 35,000 Americans fought for Canada in WWI. There is a monument in Arlington Cemetery dedicated to their fallen.
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