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TIL that the creators of the Curious George children’s books, Hans and Margret Rey, fled Paris on bikes only hours before it fell to the Nazi’s

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OG0y4 TIL Donna Summer was the first choice to sing "Its Raining Men" but hated it because as a now born-again Christian, she thought it was blasphemous and sent the songwriters a Bible the next day.”
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69dDm TIL about The Black Taj Mahal (Kala Taj), a black marble mausoleum that was planned to be built across the Yamuna River opposite the Taj Mahal in Agra, India. Mughal emperor Shah Jahan desired a mausoleum for himself similar to that of the one he had built in memory of his second wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
EgQ8p TIL the Burr Arch Truss was a bridge design patented by Theodore Burr in 1817 and used mostly for covered bridges. Theodore Burr was first cousins with former U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr.