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TIL: If you zoom all the way in on the White House in Google Maps, you can get a virtual tour!

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awvvy TIL: In Ancient Rome, commoners would evacuate whole cities in acts of revolt called "Secessio plebis", leaving the elite in the city to fend for themselves
jN9xE TIL that the female spotted hyena has the largest clitoris of all the mammals, which is referred to as a 'pseudo-penis'.
V178 TIL there is a blind guy who learned echolocation with such precision he can ride a bike and identify bad parking jobs
Wkjvo TIL the Swiss Federal Railways’ centralised lost and found service is still seeking the owner of a packet of gold bars worth CHF182k (since Oct '19). The most valuable misplaced object on their trains, however, remains a 1727 Stradivarius violin in 2012, estimated to be worth CHF2.6 million.
X0JaE TIL that in his final years as US president, Woodrow Wilson was too sick to govern. His wife Edith kept his sickness secret, taking over so many duties she was essentially president. She hid Wilson's paralysis by covering his left side with a blanket.