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TIL The Tower of the Americas in San Antonio had several instances where visitors were stuck because the elevators did not work due to debris in the elevator cables or power failures

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ZEGa TIL: That after the Kent state shootings that 58% of respondents blamed the students while 11% blamed the National Guardsmen.
5E9D TIL that there are more words in the “with” family besides “without” and “within.” There are also “withover” and “withunder”, meaning “greater than or equal to” and “less than or equal to”, respectively.
J4e1 TIL In 2004, Australian Prime Minister John Howard was cursed by Indigenous Australians that disagreed with his policies. As of 2017, he is still alive.
XE5xk TIL that in 2006, Channel 4's "Gadget Show" tested the durability of an 'Indestructible USB' by cooking it with propane, freezing it with dry ice, submerging it in acidic liquids, running over it in a Jeep, and firing it against a wall with a mortar cannon - all data was recovered from the USB.
pObA TIL David Attenborough is the only person to have won BAFTAs for programs in black and white, colour, HD, and 3D.