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TIL that there are only about 30 Ancient Egyptian obelisks left standing worldwide—and Italy has more than Egypt.

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9YDGG TIL that the country of Kiribati has the most advanced time on Earth (UTC+14 hours), and the entire country is spread across all four hemispheres in an expanse of ocean equivalent in size to the continental United States.
6EKR8 TIL the Peloponnesian war was ended by a peace treaty signed in 1996
dD8A8 TIL It takes about 3 million presses to wear out a button on an Xbox controller
ne4jb TIL of Albert Anastasia who at 19 killed a coworker in a fight and was sentenced to death. He won a retrial on a technicality and was freed when no witnesses reappeared. He then became one of America’s deadliest mobsters personally murdering at least 1,200 people and ordering the deaths of 10,000+.
xVbZg TIL the net contribution of the world's oxygen by forests is zero. The real 'lungs of the earth' are phytoplankton living in the oceans.