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TIL asphalt is over 300 degrees F when they pour it and it takes several hours to cool down

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laQG TIL in the 1970s, over 700,000 tires, held together by steel, were dumped off the coast of Florida to create an artificial reef. The steel later rusted apart, detaching the tires and causing an environmental disaster.
Mr4m TIL the 6th most popular boat name in the U.S. in 1995 was “Wet Dream.”
eoG5 TIL the US Treasury’s Mutilated Currency Division literally burns (damaged) money to help heat their building
Wk8XY TIL: that in 1937 Hallie Latham disappeared and her body wasn't discovered until 3 years later by fishermen in Crescent Lake in Washington State, and due to the cold water and minerals in the Lake her body had been perfectly preserved and turned into a soap like substance.
b6Q49 TIL that in 1943, American banker Donald Triplett became the first person to be diagnosed with autism. He was labeled as "Case 1".