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TIL there is a abandoned “graveyard” of extremely large sculptures of 43 U.S. Presidents

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logLV TIL: David Bowie had a cameo in the (largely Monty Python) film "Yellowbeard"
WpbL TIL, That a Mexican man who accidentally killed his cousin while drunk was sentenced to death by being buried with alive with the cousin whom he had killed.
GAYrN TIL that Japan introduced radio exercise programs to the public as a way to celebrate Emperor Hirohito's coronation in 1928. The idea was inspired by the radio exercise program produced by an American insurance company in the 1920s.
D199J TIL of Herman Lehmann, who, at age 11, was captured as a child by Native Americans. He lived first among the Apache and then the Comanche but eventually returned to his family later in life. He wrote an autobiography, “Nine Years Among the Indians,” about the experience.
x8P1 TIL every baseball used in the MLB since the 1950s has been treated with “rubbing mud” that is gathered from a secret location by the Bintliff family. The mud is used to help remove the slick finish on the ball and give the pitcher more grip.