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TIL that before the advent of modern street-lighting, city planners in some cities erected huge “moonlight towers” that illuminated large swaths of area, mimicking the light of the moon. Some of these remaining towers are celebrated as landmarks in Austin, TX.

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nWKvd TIL during WWII, the U.S. began a plan to train up to 2 million attack dogs to storm Japanese-held islands, but the project faced many issues. Some dogs feared shellfire, others were too docile, and many did not properly respond to their beach-crossing training. Millions spent, it was abandoned.
pYZpN TIL a colony of wild chicken have been living under the Hollywood Freeway for over 50 years
aQQL TIL Mister Rogers gave a speech before the US Congress, during the speech he recited lyrics to one of his songs, by doing so he was able to keep millions of dollars in funding from the government
ADr74 TIL that the FBI has a rapid deployment Art Crime Team consisting of 20 special agents. Since its conception in 2004, it has recovered over 15,000 items valued at over $800,000,000
BraPy TIL after his wife was denied water by upper caste people, Indian laborer Bapuro Tajne managed to dig her a well in under 40 days and ended up discovering a water source capable of sustaining his entire village.