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TIL after the Make-A-Wish organization offered to fulfill a 6-year-old girl’s request for a playhouse to be built at her home, the Home Owner’s Association where the girl lived refused to allow the construction. Only after a world-wide outpouring of support for the girl’s request did the HOA relent

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YpaRG TIL of a genetic condition which gives people increased muscle strength and twice the usual amount of muscle mass. There are no known related health issues. Affected are intellectually normal.(Myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy)
W77pA TIL of "Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union." It was hailed as the 2nd Declaration of Independence" and lead to SC being the 1st state to leave the Union. In it, only 1 reason was listed for secession.
oR4Qr TIL When Kangaroos are born they are the size of a jelly bean and almost look like worms then they crawl up the mom's belly into the pouch for the rest of their development into what we think of as baby kangaroos
v1dG7 TIL Chevy Chase is one of the most hated people in Hollywood. He once accused Terry Sweeny of having AIDS because he was gay, openly mocked Robert Downey Jr's father, told Kevin Smith that he invented everything funny and told a female SNL writer to give him a handjob during a meeting
grgLD TIL that all Senators and senior members of the House, are assigned a one-room hideaway as private office. These rooms are not listed in any directory and doors are marked only by a room number. In 1945, Harry Truman learned of FDR's death while having cocktails in Sam Rayburn's hideaway.