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TIL traditional Japanese woodworking didn't use nails or glue, instead they used interlocking joints to connect the wood

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v1kBK TIL: In Poland in 2010, a 90-ton WWII-era locomotive was propped-up vertically as a memorial sculpture. Artist Andrzej Jarodski titled it "Pociąg do Nieba" --The Train to Heaven.
5JRk TIL that Donald trump proposed a onetime tax of 14.25% on individuals and trusts worth $10 million and up in 1999 that would eliminate national debt.
lyVN TIL in the 1990s, a story aired by the Trinity Broadcasting Network claimed the Russians had drilled to a depth of 14 km, penetrating Hell, and the screams of the tormented were recorded with a microphone. It was among the first Internet urban legends.
Z8BQ TIL that the guy who took the famous photo of the Wright Brothers’ first flight had never seen a camera before that day.
xjPk TIL The Author of the study that first claimed vaccines cause autism had his medical license stripped after the findings were redacted due to an elaborate fraud.