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TIL of Richard Colvin Cox, “the only West Point cadet to have disappeared without a trace”.

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KKMw TIL that there were 32 solar panels on the White House, and that Ronald Reagan had them removed.
b94oZ TIL that boomerangs used for hunting are not designed for a curved return flight, but to fly straight and hit their target. Returning boomerangs are at most used to frighten birds into movement.
9YRem TIL about Smoky the dog, who was a Yorkshire dog found in New Guinea by an American Soldier during WWII and survived 150 Air Raids and once parachuted from 30ft in the air. She was later rewarded with Eight Battle Stars and was also the First Recorded Therapy Dog.
wp17 TIL New York tried to outlaw leaded gasoline back in the early 1920’s - before it was commonplace. However, the Federal Government sided with Big Oil, overruling the state’s decision.
vQRj TIL Serbia’s capital has been razed and rebuilt more than 40 times.