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TIL that in 1972, artist Dieter Meier installed a commemorative plaque at the railway station in Kassel, Germany, which read: "On 23 March 1994, from 3 to 4 pm, Dieter Meier will stand on this plaque". He honored the promise 22 years later.

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1a5B7 Today I learned the aircraft carrier ARA Veinticinco de Mayo of the Argentine navy was originally a British Colossus class Aircraft carrier form WWII. She was sold to the Netherlands and then to Argentine Navy ultimately partcipating in the Falklands war against her original builders, the British.
yQyma TIL interstate 70 in Colorado has a mile marker 419.99 since the 420 mile marker kept being stolen.
awBZN TIL about Wholphins, a rare cross between a whale and a dolphin. First recorded in 1981 in captivity, but also found in the wild.
P17WG TIL that Hawaii is the only state within the U.S. that does not have a state police, state patrol, or highway patrol.
DdXD TIL Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho was the first American film to show a toilet flushing.