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TIL the former columns of the U.S. Capitol building still stand, now in the U.S. Arboretum in NE D.C.

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Ypnx TIL that today (13th of September) is Roald Dahl Day. (Author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The Witches, etc.)
YpOLA TIL 'Assload' and 'Buttload' are actual defined units of measure--the former being the maximum load of a donkey (about 8 bushels), the latter a large cask with a volume of 491 liters/108 Imperial gallons.
1aegD TIL that Union County, Florida has a significantly higher rate of cancer than any other U.S. county (1,135 per 100,000 people).
LkrPv TIL that the popular song, "The Gal From Ipanema", is about a woman named Helo Pinheiro, who still lives in Rio de Janeiro.
oReXR TIL that the B-52's sent a cease-and-desist letter to a Florida circus for using "(Meet) The Flintstones" and "The Bedrock Twitch" in an act