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TIL John Ratzenberger chose to have his Cheers character Cliff Claven wear white socks in honor of French comic actor Jacques Tati

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Ooe07 TIL in 1880 a guy built a 200ft 14 storey tower made out of concrete with no steel reinforcement. It’s still standing today, 140 years later, and is the tallest non-reinforced concrete structure in the world. It was designed as his mausoleum.
WkyLd TIL that the Shriners (known for the Shriners Hospitals) are a body of Freemasons dedicated to Fun, Brotherly Love, Relief, and Truth.
9YDZr TIL of Sasha the black cat who was found in the city Santa Fe, Mexico 1,200 miles away five years after disappearing from her Portland home
jNa8N TIL that we still don’t know what greek fire is or how to make it.
a8wrJ TIL the inspiration for 'Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde' may have been French teacher Eugene Chantrelle, who was executed for the murder of his wife in May 1878. Chantrelle was believed to have poisoned others as well at dinner parties with a toasted cheese & opium.