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TIL There's a sculpture of a fully-functional gold toilet titled "America" - to satirize modern politics.

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VMGNG TIL A Photographer Died Protecting His Film During the 1980 Mt. St. Helens Eruption
X0vgR TIL in 1970 one monkey's head was transplanted to the headless body of another monkey. Although the monkey was now paralyzed from neck down, they could still hear, smell, taste, eat and follow objects with its eyes. Died in 9 days because of immune rejection.
XEKBX TIL Sydney Opera House architect Jørn Utzon was not invited to opening nor did he ever see completed building in person.
OoKZX TIL November 2, 2000 was the last time all humans were on Earth together. Ever since then, at least one person has remained on the International Space Station.
R7gQQ TIL that the International Space Station ran on a 20MHz Intel 80386SX CPU from 1988 & was upgraded in August with a commercial off-the-shelf computer. The station orbits Earth & sees a sunrise once every 92 minutes. Soon after the upgrade, it will have a computer that can keep up.