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TIL that William Whipple freed his slaves when he signed the Declaration of Independance, because he believed that he could not fight for freedom and own slaves

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Z8Vka TIL that the deepest building in the world is the Jinping Underground Laboratory in China and sits 7,900 feet (2.4 km) below the earth, which is equivalent to 7 Empire State Buildings stacked on top of one another.
ne467 TIL the popular arcade game NBA Jam was thought to be haunted. During demo mode, the machines would randomly shout “Petrovic”, the name of an NBA player who died in a car accident shortly after the game finished production.
JYZNk TIL Some tumors can contain pockets of hair, teeth & very rarely, grow more complex organs such as eyes, feet, hands as well as other limbs.
9Y61D TIL ornithologist Ted Parker was able to identify over 4,000 bird species by their songs alone. He died in a plane crash at age 40 surveying the Ecuadorian forests.
loJVr TIL Mapmakers deliberately put slight mistakes in their maps (fake streets, towns) so they can tell when someone copies them. They are called map traps.