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TIL the Guadalupe Mountains aren’t really mountains but an ancient reef from about 265 million years ago when Texas was at the bottom of the sea

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16n4W TIL that in 1978, Vietnam veteran and US Army Lieutenant Colonel Jim Channon proposed the formation of the 1st Earth Battalion; a New Age revamp of the American military, trained in psychic powers and pacifism. Channon's ideas later inspired the book and movie "The Men Who Stare at Goats".
5Y5jk TIL that in 1993 A 21.94m (72ft) condom was fitted over the Obelisque in Place de la Concorde, Paris, France to mark World AIDS Day.
XEEwP TIL death row inmates in Japan are held in solitary confinement and “told [when] they are to be hanged just hours before they are taken to the gallows.”Their families are notified only after their demise.
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R7a56 TIL that in 2015, Costco sold more than 128 million hot dogs in their food courts. That's four times the amount of hot dogs sold in all MLB ballparks combined.