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TIL Architects tried to raise $2.9 billion to build Minas Tirith, the city in "Lord of the Rings"

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N764N TIL Wendell Scott was the first African American to compete full time in a NASCAR series. He was also the first to win at NASCAR’s highest level.
Gjyj TIL the Secret Service agent that saved President Reagan’s life became a Secret Service agent after seeing a movie starring Ronald Reagan as a Secret Service Agent
grZdX TIL the Interstate Highway Numbers have meanings. Odd Numbers go primarily North-South. Even Numbers go primarily East-West. Adding a 2 (such as 295) usually designates a loop returning to its parent highway (95).
QP76 TIL that throughout the 20th century, boys were preferred over girls as babysitters because 1) Teenage girls were dismissed as flighty and self-absorbed; and 2) young boys needed male role models.
N54b TIL there was an assassination attempt on FDR before he was initially sworn in, but the guy missed and killed the mayor of Chicago as they were shaking hands.