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TIL that there are more pyramids in Sudan than in all of Egypt.

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QN7gL TIL that the U.S. developed “Operation Cherry Blossom,” a plan to spread plague-infected fleas in Japan during World War II. Although never executed, it highlighted the lengths nations would go for biological warfare and sparked discussions on bioethics.
7aJM TIL 700,000 people in japan that are so far withdrawn from society they do not leave their house. Very interesting article.
9w6WX TIL the band Neon Trees took their name from the lit palm trees on the signs at In-N-Out Burger. It was only later learned that bass player Branden Campbell's father installed those same signs
Ja4k TIL that a one-eyed man was executed for bestiality in 1642 in Connecticut after a local sow gave birth to a one-eyed piglet
5YKb8 TIL about the 2005 IKEA riots in Edmonton, London. The new shop was open for only 30 minutes before a literal riot had broken out resulting in 5 hospitalisations and one stabbing.