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e0BPD TIL the Jal Mahal (literally "water palace") is a palace in the middle of a lake in India, and 4 of its stories are under the lake.
9Y9rM TIL that Frank Abignale, who was a master conman and subject of the 2002 movie Catch Me If you Can (played by Leonardo di Caprio), once collected money by putting an out-of-service sign over a collection box. He was surprised that it worked, stating later, "How can a drop box be out of service?"
xVX47 TIL that during Hiroshima, the Gingko trees that were growing 1 to 2 km from the explosion of the atomic bomb survived the blast and quickly became healthy again. Those trees were some of the few living things that survived and are still alive today.
lomyr TIL the modern doctors aren't required to take Hippocratic oath and can use modernized version or Declaration of Geneva or Oath of Maimonides
GJ6Q TIL that when complaints were filed calling for the dismissal of Ulysses S. Grant due to his drinking habits, Lincoln responded, “I wish some of you would tell me the brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other generals.”