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TIL that there is an ongoing project to build a 40-story tall, 3D-printed globe big enough to feature every manmade and natural feature larger than 30 ft. on the surface of the model.

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VMR1Q TIL that Heinrich Heine, one of Germany's most famous poets, wrote- "Where they burn books, they will ultimately burn people as well.". Exactly 120 years later, Heine's writings were burned and banned by Nazi Germany, for he was a Jew.
oBx98 TIL fortunate son was written because Nixon's daughter had married eisenhower's son and he became deferred from the military hence he was a fortunate one.
Ypmy7 TIL In a similar way to "shoot" and "darn" being inoffensive substitutes for harsh swear words, the Australian exclamation "Crikey," made world famous by Steve Irwin, is shorthand for "Christ kill me"
jNrej TIL Ethiopian Baboons are starting to domesticate wolves
61gW TIL Ernest Hemingway begged his wife not to send him for more electroshock treatments because he lost so much of his memory he couldn’t even remember his own name. He committed suicide the day after his 36th shock treatment.