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TIL the Pentagon was built with twice as many bathrooms as necessary because of racial segregation

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ADZBn TIL that in 2010 a couple purchased the town of 'Wauconda', in Washington, for just $360,000. It came with a café, a gas station, a post office, a four-bedroom house and their own zip code.
AkKd TIL that in 1989-1990 the Belgian Air Force successfully got two missile locks on a UFO, only to be outmaneuvered. The object accelerated from 240 km/h (150 mph) to 1100 km/h (683 mph) almost instantly, descending 900 m (half a mile) in less than 2 seconds, something that would kill a human pilot.
W7pE9 TIL the will of Charles Vance Millar promised a substantial part of his estate to the woman who had the most children within 10 years of his death in 1926. The ensuing 'Great Stork Derby' sparked a competition among Toronto women, eventually settled by the Supreme Court.
l7LB1 TIL the current Spanish-language World Champion for Scrabble has previously also won the French-language and English-language championships. A New Zealander, he only speaks English.
OX7g TIL the Canadian women’s national hockey team is 43-24-1 all-time vs the US women’s team. Against the rest of the world they are 120-1.