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TIL that the USSR wanted to join NATO

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pYy5O TIL two of the tallest people alive in 1871 married, martin van buren bates, and Anna Haining (the prior measuring 7 foot 9 inches, weighing 475 pounds, the latter being 7 foot 11, 212 pounds) and had two still born children, both being far more giant than babies even on the larger end of the scale
Y7jO7 TIL that there are ‘rainbow mountains’ in China, where the layers of rock are so vividly colored due to mineral deposits that they look like a painting.
8W9L TIL when the second plane hit the WTC on 9/11, NYC TV station WPIX’s transmission facility was destroyed in the explosion. As a result the channel was stuck showing the exact moment the plane hit the South Tower for the whole day.
1Mnr TIL In 2006, a man in Scotland was jailed for two days for “revving his car in a racist manner”.
gM6OW TIL The all-time heat record of 134 °F (56.7 °C) at Death Valley on July 10, 1913 is highly contested, being described as "essentially not possible" given the conditions at the time by some meteorologists and especially questionable as it was recorded by an untrained and eccentric observer.