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TIL The spread of syphilis led to the classic white wig becoming famous among the aristocrats

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jNmPp TIL the Palace of the Parliament in Romania is the heaviest building in the world. Started in 1984, it is still unfinished, with only 400 of 1100 rooms in use. The lowest of 8 basements is a nuclear bunker linked to 20 kilometers of tunnels. It has 480 chandeliers & a million cubic meters of marble.
dDyWZ TIL some Jews payed $100K for red cows to summon their Messiah in 2024
jpYN TIL Will Smith supports Scientology even though he is not an active member and has donated $125,000.
D1a6e TIL of Bone Music: in the Soviet Union, people craved Western pop music but vinyl was scarce, so they printed records on used x-rays
Z99a TIL that the author of Hatchet, Gary Paulsen, has seen shark attacks, saw his mother beat a potential molester to death in front of him, learned to shoot as a child on a naval boat, has competed in the Iditarod and a bunch of other insane stuff…