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TIL Arlington National Cemetery includes Arlington House, a Memorial to Robert E Lee

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5xjR TIL that because Japanese people do not like living in pre-owned houses, half of all houses in Japan will be torn down within 38 years of being built.
QNEwk TIL the classic pink flamingo lawn ornament, commissioned by New England Plastics Co. and designed by Don Featherstone in 1957, outnumbered real flamingos 7-to-1 by 1993.
mx8PE TIL that America already had a transcontinental highway by 1913, The Lincoln Highway, that ran from Times Square to Lincoln Park in San Francisco
a86bJ TIL Superdollars still exist and new "editions" are are discovered every year. They are of such high-quality it's suspected they are produced by a Nation or State actor.
KWgJ TIL that Rhode Island fielded a regiment during the Revolutionary war filled with Black soldiers, because they couldn’t get enough Whites to sign up.