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TIL in Anthem, Arizona, there's a veterans monument where each year on Nov 11th (veterans day) at precisely 11:11am the sun shines on it perfectly to reveal the Great Seal of the United States

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8alkX TIL the first widespread book detailing contraception and sexual health was created and published illegally by some Canadian students in 1968. The ‘Birth Control Handbook’ rapidly gained popularity with its critical information and, within a year, millions were distributed across the US and Canada.
WMKo TIL that the US Gov’t took the land on which Mt Rushmore was built from the Sioux nation, and developed Mt. Rushmore on sacred Sioux grounds without any compensation. The US Gov’t has offered over 1 Billion Dollars in compensation, but the Sioux refuse to take it, saying the land was never for sale.
kJrdg TIL the Wheeling, West Virginia Suspension Bridge over the Ohio River was built in 1851 to accommodate horse and buggy crossings. For almost 170 years is was able to handle the changing vehicle traffic until a tour bus in 2019 ignored multiple warnings and got stuck under a height barrier.
MeKQ8 TIL Robert Altman's 14-year-old son, Michael, wrote the lyrics to "Suicide is Painless" for his dad's movie MAS*H. When the movie was turned into a TV show, the song was used as the theme of the series and he earned over $1 million in royalties.
ZlNa TIL: In the early 19th century, the East India Company, had cut off the hands of hundreds of weavers in Bengal in order to destroy the indigenous weaving industry in favor of British textile imports.