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TIL there are two "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" signs; the famous one on the strip, and a smaller one on the outskirts of Vegas. There used to be three, but it was knocked over by a drunk driver.

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E1XDp TIL that the treasure hunting company, Odyssey, discovered the ship wreck of the HMS Sussex (1694) which had up to $500 million worth of gold on board in 2001. Despite a deal with the British government retrieve the loot, Spain refuses to let a team survey the site to this this day.
LkLk0 TIL the reason two horizontal lines are used for the Equals sign is because, in the words of the inventor, “no 2 things can be more equal”
yD1X TIL “Recovery from anesthesia is not simply the result of the anesthetic ‘wearing off,’ but also of the brain finding its way back through a maze of possible activity states to those that allow conscious experience,” one researcher said. “Put simply, the brain reboots itself.”
7dkL TIL That a victim of the Aurora shooting (at the Dark Knight Rises Premier) didn’t have insurance and woke up with 2 million dollars in medical expenses.
BgKEx TIL that Rip, a stray dog adopted by an Air Raid Patrol in World War II, saved over 100 people despite having no training. He earned the Dickin Medal and inspired the training of search and rescue dogs.