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TIL about a chair made from the wood of the medieval London bridge with a seat made from a foundation stone of the same bridge.

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m1QO TIL that in over 2000+ nuclear test detonations, only one has an unknown nationality. A detonation of a 3 kiloton bomb in the Indian Ocean called the Vela Incident. No nation has taken credit for it.
KmPB TIL Aldous Huxley got LSD injected by his wife right before he died
J1l0v TIL that there are "black companies" in Japan infamous for their shady business practices such as unpaid overtime, verbal abuse and harassment, forcing their employees to work in weekends/holidays and not even letting them quit by threatening to sue or even discredit them at their new workplace
dD6vZ TIL that Roger Corman, director of low-budget movies, helped kick start the careers of Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, James Cameron, and Ron Howard. He reportedly told Howard: "If you do a good job on this film, you'll never have to work for me again."
LLrZ TIL: Wisconsin has several “Seed Libraries” where people can “check out” seeds to grow and then “return” them after harvest.