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TIL the Washington Monument contains a piece of the Parthenon, sent by Greece as a memorial stone during the Monument's construction.

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P1EZg TIL Edmund Kemper helped a nonprofit called Volunteers of Vacaville in reading/recording books for blind people to listen to. He logged over 5000 hours between 1977-1987 but stopped in 2015 after a stroke.
LQMM0 TIL that Cleveland, Ohio used to be the 5th largest city in the U.S. by population in 1920. Now it's the 45th largest.
GYJ1J TIL a young female Arctic fox fitted with a tracking device trekked 2,175 miles from Norway to Canada in 76 days, settling on Ellesmere Island in Canada. She traveled an average of 28 miles/day with a maximum pace of 96 miles/day, outpacing a previously tracked adult male fox by 1.4 times.
4XBoJ TIL To demonstrate the ability of drones to accomplish work while swarming, researchers programmed flying robot quadrotors to perform the James Bond Theme by playing various instruments including the keyboard, drums and maracas, a cymbal, and the debut of an adapted guitar built from a couch frame.
KYQDE TIL Olympic runner Carl Lewis was drafted by both the Chicago Bulls and the Dallas Cowboys in 1984