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TIL an abandoned Walmart was converted into America’s largest single-floor library (124,500 square feet)

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nYX7 TIL that the world’s largest camera, built in 1899 and called The Mammoth, weighed 1,400 pounds and took 15 men to operate. It’s pictures were so sharp, people first thought they were fake.
ep096 TIL that the founder of the Paneuropean Union, the oldest European unification movement, was the Austrian-Japanese politician, philosopher, and count Richard Nikolaus Eijiro. His wartime politics and adventures served as the real life basis for fictional Resistance hero Victor Laszlo.
D175r TIL that Sam LLoyd, or Ted from Scrubs, was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in january which had metastasized from his lungs. Further scans showed that the cancer was also in his liver, spine, and jaw. The news just came weeks after he and his wife received their first child.
vBG4 TIL that the minimum player salary for Major League Soccer (MLS) is $35,125.00. Last year, 62 players, or 11% of the league, earned that much.
BG0b TIL Mark Whalberg served 45 days for attempted murder after beating a middle-aged Vietnamese man unconscious while calling him “Vietnamese f*king sht”