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TIL Forty-three giant busts of U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

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X0E48 TIL 250 people in the US have cryogenically preserved their bodies to be revived later.
nWERd TIL The NFL started using Roman numerals for Super Bowl V in 1971 and then went back and renamed the previous championship games as Super Bowls I, II, III and IV.
jlkv TIL the British submarine HMS Artful can stay submerged for 25 years without having to surface for air
JYrGj TIL I learned that the British Museum may hold many artifacts from around the world and also refuses to hand over the artifacts they took it from.
9l1Q TIL: The Lord of the Rings trilogy made ‘horrendous losses’ despite being huge box office success