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TIL that the US - Canadian border splits through several occupied single-family houses and residential properties at the northern tip of Maine

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R5MVa TIL of the Leaning Tower of Niles, a half-size replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, located in Niles, Illinois. It was completed in 1934 by industrialist Robert Ilg as part of a recreation park for employees of the Ilg Hot Air Electric Ventilating Company of Chicago.
GYQE5 TIL about John Scott, a pro hockey player who got voted by the people (as a joke) to be the captain of the All Star team. The NHL didn't want him to play, so he got sent to the Minor Leagues. There wasn't a rule against a minor leaguer playing in it though, so he played, scored twice and won MVP.
6EmRm TIL in 1975 Otrag, a West-German company, developed cheap transport rockets. The USSR became nervous, and American corporations concerned about low-cost competitors. American media came to use crude Soviet propaganda to sabotage them, making Otrag evicted from their Congolese base (more in comments)
jx9v TIL Lewis Carroll eventually did answer the Mad Hatter’s famous unanswered riddle, “Why is a raven like a writing desk?” In an 1896 edition, he wrote, “Because it can produce a few notes, tho they are very flat; and it is never put with the wrong end in front!” [pg.71(5.)]
R71B1 TIL about the Pakasuchus Kapilimai, a crocodile-like creature from the Cretaceous period that had long legs and mammal-like teeth. Also referred to as the Cat Crocodile.