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TIL the reason the Chicago World’s Fair buildings don’t exist anymore is that they were made of [fortified] Plaster of Paris

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VBKXG TIL that Shane Stant, the man who attacked figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, asked to have his assault record expunged so he could join the Navy SEALs. He was 34 when he asked - too old to be a SEAL.
mx4aR TIL the Great Dismal Swamp (at the border of North Carolina and Virginia) held the largest "Maroon" colony (escaped slaves and their descendants) in the United States. Most managed to stay hidden despite militia invasions that aimed to capture them, and only left the swamp after the civil war.
D1yVj TIL in testing the reaction of Tamarin monkeys to music, researchers found they reacted positively to specially-composed pieces that corresponded to their physiology: pitched 3 octaves above our music, and at 200 bpm to be relaxing
VMryZ TIL that on a single sheet of paper you can write down all the known laws of the universe, beautiful!
XN1k TIL that at the time of his death, Harry Patch - the last surviving WW1 combat soldier - was 111 years, 1 month, 1 week and 1 day old