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DQ7JP TIL that the biggest bird sculpture in the world is 200 feet long, 150 feet wide and 70 feet high.
6EBZm TIL the Chernobyl nuclear plant wasn't shut down after the disaster, and was still producing electricity until the year 2000
mx4Ry TIL that the actual London bridge is in Arizona. It was taken apart in 1963 from London and shipped over seas to Arizona to help bring people to a new developing town.
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wooKo TIL that the first piece of legislation passed by the 1st U.S. Congress was the Tariff of 1789, which levied a 50¢ per ton duty on goods imported by foreign ships. President Washington signed the act and the money was used to pay off the Revolutionary War debt.