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TIL of a Squonk: A mythical animal in American folklore. It believes that it's so ugly, it will avoid all other life. It spends most of its time weeping.

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Vgom TIL that Vatican state owns a observatory telescope in south-west Arizona
OGeDL TIL that "The Harrisburg Freeway", a proposed highway extension in Houston in the 1970s, was cancelled due to the destruction of historic urban neighborhoods and environmental concerns.
nWKvd TIL during WWII, the U.S. began a plan to train up to 2 million attack dogs to storm Japanese-held islands, but the project faced many issues. Some dogs feared shellfire, others were too docile, and many did not properly respond to their beach-crossing training. Millions spent, it was abandoned.
xV6vo TIL hair salons in the UK have started to include a "quiet chair" for people who don't want to engage in small talk while getting their hair cut.
O4Q6 TIL After Mark Twain met Helen Keller at a dinner party he was so impressed with her that he wrote to the wife Henry H. Rogers, a wealthy oil magnate, pleading her to convince her husband to support Keller’s education. Mr. Rogers agreed and personally paid her entire education.