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TIL after a 10 year, $40m project, the Leaning Tower of Pisa stopped moving for the first time in its 800-year history. The tower is now expected to stay stable for at least 200 years.

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0wrn5 TIL the CIA had a mind control program. In 2018, declassified documents included a letter discussing work on six dogs made to run, turn and stop via remote control and brain implants.
VMD9Q TIL that polka dots are called that simply because the polka was a fashionable dance around the time the pattern became popular, and there's no other reason.
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ANgKB TIL of the Dinner Set Gang, a jewelry heist ring ran by 2 Italian brother-in-laws who would burglarize wealthy couples homes for their jewels during dinner, leaving the rest of their homes deserted. Notable victims included The Flagler, Dupont and Pillsbury families as well as the pianist Liberace.