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TIL that the Statue of Liberty’s designer was inspired by colossal statues that guarded the Abu Simbel temples in Egypt

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X0D98 TIL Teddy Roosevelt's 2nd son Kermit Roosevelt joined his father's Amazon expedition and had a river named after him, resigned from US Army in 1917 to join the British Forces to fight in WWI. To join the first fight in Finland/Norway, he took help of Churchill to secure a commission in British Army.
x6AZB TIL The hookworm parasite is believe to have contributed to the stereotype that the people in the US South were lazy.
EwVx TIL that in the history of Ireland’s inventions, there’s a 300-year gap after the invention of whiskey.
v1L5r TIL that TIL also means Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes
xVbbD TIL Bob The Builder was planned to be reshot for Japanese audiences due to all characters possessing four fingers instead of five. Members of the Yakuza, Japan's "most feared mafia" cut off their pinky to show they can be trusted, so Bob and his friends looked more like gangsters than contractors.