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xv4w TIL that certain medals at the 2014 winter Olympics will contain fragments of the meteorite which hit Russia.
4kmEw TIL in 2008 Chicago sold its 36,000 parking meter spots. Investors bought 75 years of right in $1.15b, and recouped the cost and $500m more in 15 years.
MevK8 TIL that in the 1800s, mental asylum staff thought it would be a good idea to add a tall stone lookout tower that mentally ill patients could climb up for 'breathtaking views'. Many patients committed suicide by jumping out the tower's open windows.
Z8rWD TIL that the first woman in space, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, was not supplied with a toothbrush during her voyage; she used her finger to brush her teeth
EgG97 TIL that in 1904, Hartford, CT librarian Caroline Hewins established one of the first children's book rooms in a U.S. library. She spent decades encouraging parents to read to their children and helping make books more accessible to all.