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TIL Lisa Lampanelli once counted 44 protestors from the Westboro Baptist Church at her show so she donated $44,000 to a gay rights charity in their name

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BgQbK TIL the Sun is categorized as a dwarf star.
OoOWY TIL that in 1969, the Penn Central Railroad Co. planned to build a tower on top of Grand Central which would have required removal of a portion of the station's facade. The NYC Landmark Preservation Commission rejected the design, leading to a landmark Supreme Court "takings-clause"case in 1978.
WkByd TIL of Chubut Province. A province in Argentina that speaks Welsh.
epZn6 TIL there’s a book called the Voynich Manuscript that’s written in a language no one can understand, leaving its secrets locked away.
wNrY TIL Wilhelm Röntgen who discovered x-rays refused to patent his discovery as he ‘wanted mankind as a whole to benefit from practical applications of the same’