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TIL The Great Salt Lake was once almost the size of Lake Michigan

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D1Rde TIL about the Wittmoor bog trackway, two historic corduroy (wooden log) roads, discovered in 1898 in Hamburg, Germany. Dating of the logs used to construct the road reveal they were cut down in 330 AD during the Roman Empire.
LkNwQ TIL In 2009, Stephen Hawking threw a party at the University of Cambridge, complete with balloons, hors d'oeuvres and iced champagne. Just as expected, nobody showed up because he only sent out invitations after his party was over. It was, he said, "a welcome reception for future time travelers,".
KYLZE TIL senior citizen Emerich Juettner eluded the US Secret Service for 10 years while he used just enough poorly created counterfeit $1 bills (one version misspelled Washington) to support himself & his dog. He only used fake $1 bills one at a time & never to the same place twice. He'd serve 4 months.
J1144 TIL that your inner nose swells while having sex and is called Honeymoon Rhinitis.
6ExNY TIL - Dana Carvey made his movie debut in Halloween 2 opposite killer Michael Myers before making his feature debut in Wayne's World opposite Mike Myers