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TIL after a neo-Nazi group adopted a half-mile stretch of highway in Missouri, the state renamed it the “Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel Memorial Highway”

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0dkxv TIL: John Von Neumann learned an entire 7 year medical program in 2 weeks, can divide 8 digit numbers and converse in Greek at age 6, worked on the Manhattan Project, and published 150 papers in his life. Colleagues claim if he lived longer, the world would be drastically different.
Xark TIL that a hawk’s eyesight is so good that it will fly to an altitude of 15,000 feet and scan the ground for small rodents.
wA7W TIL that two Undercover Agents repeatedly tried to buy marijuana at the Lagunitas Brewing company taproom, but were unable to make any busts as generous patron’s kept trying to give them the drugs for free.
M7Pb8 TIL the popular 90’s clothing brand Big Dogs got its name during a river-rafting trip when a group of friends loved their oversized shorts so much that one shouted, “Man, these puppies are BIG!”
1m7D TIL In 1994 IBM created and sold the Simon Personal Communicator, it was the first cellular phone to include telephone and PDA features in one device.