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TIL: The world’s largest tunnel-boring machine is stuck underneath Seattle.

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1j6P TIL: Pixar changed the plot of ‘Finding Dory’ upon watching the 2013 documentary 'Blackfish’
0dADA TIL the average duration of power outages doubled from 2015 to 2021, in the U.S.. On average, people experienced 7 hours of power interruptions in 2021
e0LV4 TIL a man tried to mummify his amputated leg inside a BBQ grill placed inside of a storage unit. However, after falling behind on payments, the grill was sold to a local entrepreneur who saw the leg as a way for fame, fortune, and a roadside attraction. A feud over ownership was settled on court TV.
4xmg TIL: Teddy Roosevelt actually watched Abraham Lincoln’s funeral procession in 1865 when he was 6. In fact, there’s a photograph with a young Roosevelt sitting on a balcony as the casket went by.
xVgED TIL that Sun isn't center of the solar system and actually orbits the real center - all objects in our system (especially Jupiter) influence the barycenter which planets and sun orbits.