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TIL - Liberty Island and The Statue of Liberty are New York City owned, but physically reside entirely within New Jersey

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e06eb TIL that Shakespeare used cocaine and marijuana. Researchers at a forensic lab examined 24 clay pipes excavated from the Bard's garden and found traces of cannabis in 9 of them, while 2 tested for cocaine. Surprisingly, nicotine was only found in one of the artifacts.
Z8PDv TIL The world's first surgery performed with the use of augmented reality was successfully completed at the Sant'Orsola polyclinic in Bologna.
6EAJ8 TIL when the Hollywood sign was changed to ‘Hollyweed’ in 1976, the art student responsible was given an A
w1OW TIL an Islamic religious authority blamed women who dress immodestly for causing earthquakes. In response a blogger organized Boobquake, an event where 200,000 women wore immodest clothing in a light-hearted scientific experiment to produce an earthquake.
ZWBD TIL that in 1942 a Finnish sound engineer secretly recorded 11 minutes of a candid conversation between Adolf Hitler and Finnish Defence Chief Gustaf Mannerheim before being caught by the SS. It is the only known recording of Hitler’s normal speaking voice. (11 min, english translation)