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TIL there's a full-scale replica of the Greek Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee, USA

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xV8B5 TIL that conservationists created a match.com profile for the world’s loneliest frog named Romeo, in order to raise funds for expeditions to find more of his species. Their work paid off, and Romeo and Juliet are together at last.
yQNa TIL Muhammad is said to have loved his cats so much that he would do without his cloak rather than disturb one that was sleeping on it.
9lo6 TIL The inventors of bubble wrap, Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes, were originally trying to make 3D wallpaper.
mDbP TIL the President of the United States is granted access to classified information only on a “need-to-know” basis
xwOo TIL painter Bob Ross, a Florida native, had never seen snow or mountains that he went on to so frequently depict until he was posted to Alaska during his service in the United States Air Force.