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TIL: The oldest surviving book in the world is made of gold and was found by someone digging a trench for a canal only 70 years ago in Bulgaria

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epe16 TIL Harry R. Truman (not the former president) died in the lodge that he built, where he met his wife, with his 16 cats in the aftermath of the Mt. St. Helen's eruption on May 18, 1980
woV9E TIL that there have been four (4) different successive "Madison Square Garden" sports arenas in New York City, dating back to 1879; the current iteration of MSG (atop Penn Station) was built in 1968 and is several blocks away from Madison Square.
W7Q9Y TIL: The US Navy used Xbox 360 controllers to operate the periscopes on submarines based on feedback from junior officers and sailors; the previous controls for the periscope were clunky and real heavy and cost about $38,000 compared to the Xbox 360 controller’s cost of around $20.
R5mbl TIL that in 2015 the son of the creator of Barney was charged with shooting his neighbor in the chest after accusing him of trespassing.