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TIL Eiffel Tower can be 15 cm taller during the summer due to thermal expansion

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EBv0 TIL of Jack the Goat who decided to befriend a newly blinded horse named Charlie. Jack guided Charlie around for 16 years and spared Charlie’s owners from having to put him(Charlie) down.
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