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TIL Dartmouth’s unofficial mascot is a beer keg called “Keggy the Keg.” Created in 2003, it was initially controversial but is now part of the Dartmouth culture.

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QN4Le TIL: The Graveyard of the Pacific is a place where 2,000 ships have wrecked and more than 700 lives have been lost. This is due to unpredictable weather conditions, including storms and fog, and dangerous coastal characteristics, including shifting sandbars, tidal rips, and rocky reefs.
d87Wr TIL it was rumored that comedian Benny Hill was buried with a fortune in gold and jewelry. After his grave was found robbed and left open, a large cement slab was placed over the grave to protect it.
vPR7K TIL about the Cerutti Mastodon Site, a paleontological & possible archeological site where broken mastodon bones with cobblestones showing wear & impact marks among the otherwise fine-grain sands were found. One theory suggests this to be evidence for an earlier human migration to North America.
g6nb TIL the U.S. government has an FBI-led group called the Domestic Surveillance Alliance Council (DSAC), which shares vast streams of personal data with over 200 of the largest corporations in the world, including Citibank, Coca-Cola, and Federal Express.
VBrJ4 TIL There's a statue in front of the HQ of the CIA with four encrypted messages and its fourth message remains undeciphered. It's, in fact, one of the biggest mysteries in the world of cryptography.