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TIL the 100,000th U.S. Patent was a Horse Sun Bonnet.
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TIL The Romans built a lighthouse in Spain in the 1st century AD called "The Tower of Hercules." It is still intact and in use today, almost 2,000 years later.
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TIL that in Beijing every citizen that has more than 11yo have to plant at least 3 trees per year to help the nature to grow more fast
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TIL “Gotham” comes from an older English for “goat home” and was first used to characterize New York in 1807 because the inhabitants where considered by the author a foolish and self-important people.
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TIL that in August 2001 actor James Woods reported to authorities 4 suspicious males on his flight. Those males were the 911 hijackers on a dry run.
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TIL that there was a spin-off of Columbo called "Mrs. Columbo" in which Peter Falk and his character Frank Columbo never makes an appearance, despite being the main character's husband.