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d8XO7 TIL when the Mets beat the Red Sox in the 1986 World Series, many Yankee fans attended the parade celebrating the Mets' win, saying that "anyone who beats Boston is worth coming down for."
eDoJ TIL it would take Vietnam an estimated 300 years and 10 Billion Dollars to clear its territory of unexploded bombs, shells and mines.
GYYyg TIL there is a small titanium vault inside of Mount Rushmore describing the origins of the monument and some history on the United States
P1ZJJ TIL that the QWERTY keyboard was set up so that the top row has all the letters needed to spell typewriter
VBKvk TIL that happy cake day refers to a person's account anniversary, not their birthday