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TIL that Tipperary Hill, NY has a traffic light with the lights upside down - the historically Irish residents kept smashing the light that had “British” red above “Irish” green, so it was changed.

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jNGLQ TIL of the tallest solider of all time, Väinö Myllyrinne. While he served for the Viipuri Heavy Artillery he was (7ft 3in) tall. Later in his life he had anothe growth spurt and he ended up being (8ft 3in) tall. On top of all that he was a wrestler, in a circus, and had GIANT hands.