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TIL the Freedom Tower is 1,776 feet tall to commemorate the year of the U.S.’s Declaration of Independence

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J0Xj TIL of Promethea Pythaitha, a young genius from Montana who was profiled on the CBS show “Whiz Kids!”, and how her IQ and Greek background brought about unwanted attention, hate mail, and the death of a stalker by police.
VPa8 TIL the eyes of a mantis shrimp carry 16 types of color receptive cones, humans only have 3 types (RGB).
g70X TIL - The world’s most powerful nuclear missile is the Russian SS-18 Satan. It carries 10 nuclear bombs and travels at 7.9 Km/s.
199V TIL in 1992, a shipping container filled with 28,000 rubber duckies was lost at sea. To this day, they’re still being found around the world.
brEZ TIL: This guy (Jason Lewis) became the 1st person to circumnavigate the Earth without using motors or sails. He walked, cycled, & inline skated 5 continents, & kayaked, swam, rowed, & pedalled a boat across the rivers, seas, and oceans. It took him 13 years to complete, the 46,505-mile journey.