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TIL that Elogio del Horizonte, a concrete sculpture in Spain has been nicknamed "King Kong's toilet".

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xM80 TIL James Blunt recorded his first album while living with Carrie Fisher. ‘Goodbye My Lover’ was recorded in her bathroom!
4kOwJ TIL that Ace Hardware Corporation, now the world's largest hardware retail cooperative and the largest non-grocery American retail cooperative, was created in 1924 when three entrepreneurs united their Chicago hardware stores into “Ace Stores,” named after the ace fighter pilots of World War I.
5VAeB TIL a study showed that using 600mg/week of testosterone enanthate, an anabolic steroid, can improve lean muscle mass even in men that don't exercise at all. The men who received testosterone but didn't exercise gained more lean muscle muscle mass than the men who exercised and received a placebo.
neE6Y TIL: Turtles can breathe through their butts. It’s called cloacal respiration and it happens during winter hibernation in near frozen lakes.
5VmGB TIL there have not yet been any major medical emergencies in space, but astronauts are trained to deal with them. ISS astronauts have developed a way to perform CPR in zero gravity by bracing their legs on the ceiling while pushing down on the patient on the floor below