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TIL that Tolstoy and Gandhi were pen pals for years

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69PZY TIL in the mid-1950s, Hiller aircraft constructed flying platforms for an army-navy program. The pilot simply leaned in the desired direction in the platform would follow.
XEdYr TIL A copy of the death warrant for King Charles I is permanently on display in the British Monarch’s robing room to remind them of the consequences of interfering with Parliament
NMAM TIL The elevators in the San Francisco Federal Building only stop at every third floor as it was decided federal employees need the exercise.
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bEgj TIL Jerry Seinfeld met his wife while she was engaged to another man. She married the other guy in June 1998, went on a three week honeymoon, came back and moved in with Seinfeld, divorced her husband by October, and was engaged to Seinfeld before the year was out, November 1998.