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TIL the Monopoly guy has an actual name: Milburn Pennybags.

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EA7x TIL the US Patent Office building was the only major government building to survive the British burning of Washington DC during the War of 1812.Superintendent Dr. William Thorton persuaded the British that they’d be destroying the shared intellectual record of mankind if the patents were burned
d8Wgr TIL Men who are sentenced to stoning in Iran are buried up to their waists, women up to their chests. If a person can escape, the sentence is terminated.
x6pZD TIL Hoarding Disorder was not recognized as a disorder until the DSM 5 came out in 2013. Many believe the show Hoarders which came out in 2006 influenced considerable scientific research leading to it's official inclusion in the DSM.
W7MPo TIL that 40,000 people gathered in Texas in 1896 to watch 2 trains intentionally collide, which unexpectedly exploded, killing and injuring multiple attendees
ADQox TIL: The tensor tympani muscle causes the loud rumbling noise you hear when you close your eyes very tightly.