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TIL "Kilroy Was Here" is hidden twice at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.

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dDmbZ TIL that Asians are the only American racial minority group not overrepresented in the homeless population.
oBk1r TIL train robber Elmer McCurdy's mummified corpse was used as decoration in carnivals during the 1920's and wasn't properly identified as real until 1976. It scared a young boy named Mark Taylor so greatly it stuck with him into adulthood, and inspired him to create He-Man's nemesis: Skeletor.
6el7 TIL Over 5,000 PhD’s work as janitors in U.S.
e0oVJ TIL that standing in the background of the famous Beatles’ album “Abbey Road” is a man named Paul Cole, an American tourist. He was standing outside on the street waiting for his wife to finish exploring a museum when he accidentally photobombed one of the most famous pics in history.
LQe0Q TIL there is a rainforest called „Hyrcanian forests“ in northern Iran.