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TIL there is a pile of waste clothes in Chile so large it can be seen from space

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pDKO TIL there is a clock being made to tick for 10,000 years and play different melodies every time the bells chime.
6MEZ TIL when asked about same-sex marriage in 1970, Richard Nixon said “I can’t go that far; that’s the year 2000! Negroes [and whites], okay. But that’s too far!”
loQBN TIL that a comedian/magician Tommy Cooper died live on television in front of millions of viewers. The audience was laughing while he was having the heart attack - thinking it was part of his performance.
WnZ9 TIL that an anti-Semitic nobleman once allegedly told Moses Montefiore that he had recently visited Japan, where “they have neither pigs nor Jews.” In response, Montefiore said that they should both go there so that it will have one of each.
EmZP TIL a man bitten by a poisonous coral snake killed the reptile by biting off its head then used its skin as a tourniquet