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TIL the Appalachian Trail was originally designed in 1921 by Benton Mackaye as a way to transform what he saw as the rapid decay of American life, and was intended to be a transformative redevelopment project to help allay the dysfunctions of modern society.

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yVAZe TIL Bolivia's Palacio de Sal Hotel, located at the edge of the world's largest salt flat (Salar de Uyuni), is constructed entirely of salt. The floor, walls, ceiling, beds, tables, chairs, and sculptures are all made of salt. There is a rule prohibiting guests from licking the walls.
mNwM TIL: It was once believed sperm contained miniature people that grew in to full sized humans
VB16k TIL 150 years ago, 12 men in Cincinnati took a chance on baseball and changed the world being the first professional baseball team ever.
vPNN7 TIL in May 2028 there is a 45% of an Einstein ring being observed when Alpha Centauri A passes in front of a distant red star, which would be the first ring observed due to gravitational lensing of a star by another star
l5vK TIL that there is a herd of nearly 40 hippos living freely in Colombia after the private zoo of Pablo Escobar was abandoned and its 4 original hippos reproduced.