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TIL that some of the boulevard medians in Milwaukee, Wisconsin have 8-10 ft deep bunkers with toilets in them, originally installed in the 1930s as a convenience for city workers who were out and about all day without access to a toilet

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JYJ74 TIL that MIT students discovered that by buying $600,000 worth of lottery tickets in the Massachusetts' Cash WinAll lottery they could get a 10-15% return on investment. Over 5 years, they managed to game $8 million out of the lottery through this method.
9wLkM TIL about the First Families of Virginia which include 6 US presidents from Washington to Carter, Robert E. Lee, and Elvis Presley, among many others.
xVDWb TIL During the Great Plague of London, the City Corporation ordered the killing of all cats and dogs, in an effort to prevent the spread of the disease. It's estimated that 40,000 dogs and 200,000 cats were killed, however it was the rats spreading the virus, not cats or dogs.
M7Ylm TIL that Genghis Khan strategically married his daughters to allied kings, sending the sons-in-law to fight in Mongol campaigns. As many of them died in battle, his daughters took control, effectively ruling those nations.
kJgJe TIL the tops of many buildings were still visible after the burial of Pompeii, and archaeology has revealed extensive evidence of post-eruption looting, including graffiti that says "house dug"