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TIL There is a hidden vault behind the carved heads at Mount Rushmore. It contains the text from the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. It is not accessible to the general public.

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m1E8P TIL that after being ousted by the Anschluss and kept in a concentration camp for 7 years the former dictator of Austria, Kurt Schushnigg, became a professor of political science in St. Louis University from 1948 to 1967.
6EAe7 TIL when Alexander the Great died, his body didn't show signs of decomposition for six days because he actually wasn't dead yet but suffering from Guillain-Barré Syndrome. Because of this, people that time thought he was a god.
VMNrB TIL that Marvel's Star Lord was at one point not the only comic character to go by Star Lord. In 1978, a short lived British comic series called Starlord was published. Both Star Lords were not affiliated. However, Marvel's Star Lord debuted in 1976, making him the original, and the most popular.
E1d5w TIL that when filming Rosemary's Baby, Roman Polanski filmed Mia Farrow walking into real new york traffic. When Farrow was reluctant, he pointed to her pregnancy padding "no one's going to hit a pregnant woman." The scene was shot with Farrow walking into real traffic and Polanski following.
awlnA TIL of John Mosbys Sack, a lost treasure buried in rural Virgina. In 1863 Confederate Colonel Mosby and his men snuck into the Fairfax VA county courthouse and got away with $350,000 in gold silver jewelry and heirlooms. He buried the sack between 2 large trees after the raid where it remains hidden