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TIL That a Wurlitzer organ takes up six rooms
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TIL Ronald Reagan's post presidency office was in Fox Plaza, where Die Hard was filmed.
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TIL: Steve Jobs responded to an autograph request with a signed letter stating he doesn't write autographs.
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TIL of the Burnside Fountain, "Boy With Turtle," infamous in a nearby town for its design. Sculptor Charles Y. Harvey killed himself a week after beginning the piece, claiming to have heard voices coming from inside the sculpture which instructed him to commit suicide on a specific date.
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TIL The US state of Mississippi ratified the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution that abolished slavery on Feb. 7, 2013.
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TIL the first widely available antibiotic was not penicillin, but a drug called Prontosil. Prontosil and drugs derived from it saved millions of lives up till the 1960's. Its creator, a German named Gerhard Domagk, was awarded the Nobel Prize for his efforts.