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TIL the modern Olympic relay was invented by Hitler for the berlin olympics

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Lkyk9 TIL that there is a 25 foot replica Statue of Liberty in the river outside of Harrisburg, PA. It was erected as a prank in 1986, and was originally made of Venetian blinds and plywood. A local lawyer admitted his role in the prank 25 years later, “well after the statute of limitations had expired.”
5D8Q TIL that Stevie Wonder is blind because he was born six weeks premature, which, along with the oxygen-rich atmosphere in the hospital incubator, resulted in retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), a condition in which the growth of the eyes is aborted and causes the retinas to detach
b6JJp TIL There are filial laws in the USA (state by state) that require adult children to support sick or indigent parents
4XgjJ TIL that Austro-Hungarian officer Gunther Burstyn produced and patented the design for what would've been the world's first tank in 1911. Both the Germans and Austro-Hungarians rejected his designs due to a perception that such a vehicle was unnecessary in the near future.
gMEbW TIL that Game of Thrones composer Ramin Djawadi has a sensory condition called synesthesia that allows him to visualize music.