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TIL that in 2006, a ship lost 58 Containers full of shoes on the North Sea. About half a million shoes flushed a shore on the Dutch island of Terschelling, covering the beaches with shoes.

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grjm7 TIL that David Johansen and the New York Dolls once rocked a show so hard that they collapsed the Mercer Arts Center building, a 10 story abandoned building in Greenwich Village.
E1bAp TIL That face blindness is a thing and it sounds like it would be hell to live with. Basically people with it can't use faces to tell people apart, so they have to use other characteristics to tell who is who.
KYOoB TIL Union Veterans opposed the construction of a statue in Washington, DC honoring a rebel general.
wLBrY TIL that Walt Disney accidentally "kidnapped" Richard Nixon by dispatching his monorail train before the Secret Service could get on. The agents ran after the train and attempted to jump onboard but the doors had already closed. Monorail pilot Bob Gurr was terrified; Nixon got a kick out of it.
E8MX TIL the mascot of the Rhode Island School of Design is “Scrotie”, a set of male genitalia. The basketball team is the Balls and the hockey team is the Nads. Their slogan? Go Nads.