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TIL The guy who designed Big Ben in London went insane a few months after finishing the clock design and handing the design to the project boss who never credited him for it.

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5YvPR TIL that Paul Revere was one of America's first orthodontists, and used walrus teeth as dental implants. The walrus teeth were later helpful for identifying the corpses of his patients that were killed in the Revolutionary war.
b6WE0 TIL the US Naval Academy has draft every year, where graduates choose a ship to 'sign' with. The first pick is made by a mascot wearing a goat suit and midshipman's uniform.
Rbjw TIL Anderson cooper is the great-great-great-grandson of 19th century railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt
8l5X TIL: Writer/Director Bob Clark refused to make a sequel to Porky’s unless the studio agreed to let him make a vanity project “A Christmas Story” with a budget of only $4,000,000.
oBeGW TIL the state of Maryland used to have a colony in Africa named the Republic of Maryland. Also known by Maryland-in-Africa, the country merged into Liberia in 1857, becoming the present day Maryland County.