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TIL that smoke detectors need to be replaced every 10 years
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TIL During World War 1, a dog named Stubby was smuggled to Europe, and after saluting the Captain, was allowed to stay in the trenches. He than saved countless American lives earning him a purple heart and a promotion to Sergeant, outranking his owner.
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TIL that Fort Jefferson, a massive but unfinished coastal fortress in the Florida Keys, is composed of over 16 million bricks and is the largest masonry structure in the Americas
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TIL: The Beatles historic concert at Shea stadium in 1965 was only about 30 minutes long.
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TIL in the 18th century it was fashionable in England for the wealthy to hire people to live in their gardens as “ornamental hermits”
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TIL in The Big Lebowski, The Dude’s line, “The Dude abides,” comes from Ecclesiastes 1:4, “One generation passes away, and another generation comes: but the earth abides forever”–a reference to how the Dude, much like the Earth, can weather change and chaos around him, but still remain the same.