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TIL that painter Andrew Wyeth is buried at the Olson property in Maine next to Christina Olson, the woman he immortalised through his painting Christina's World.

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EgxY7 TIL: National Park Services has their own Investigative Services Branch. The FBI of of the NSB, solving decades old Cold Cases in the worst of conditions.
N7ROP TIL that 50 yrs ago today, the US conducted its largest underground nuclear test. A W71 warhead was detonated in a 7-ft-wide, 5,873-ft-deep shaft beneath Amchitka Island, Alaska. The yield was about 5 Megatons. The explosion raised the ground 25 ft, later collapsing into a 1-mile-wide, 60-ft crater.
VMAk0 TIL that Belgium holds the Guinness world record for the longest period of time needed to form an official government
5YWrQ TIL that the phone system's three rising tones (Special Information Tone, or SIT) comes in 8 varieties that are similar but can be distinguished by electronic equipment. It was designed so equipment could identify the error, even without understanding the spoken message.
VMZBp TIL Whales and Dolphins closest living relatives is the Hippopotamus, just as Chimpanzees are the closest living relative to Homo Sapiens.