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

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Nra6 TIL in 2008, while promoting a new High School Musical film , Disney had to withdraw a line of young girls underwear from the shelves after they were deemed too sexually suggestive. Why? They had the slogan “Dive in” written on the front.
NDP1 TIL during the production of Star Wars, Peter Cushing found Grand Moff Tarkin’s boots, furnished by the wardrobe department, to be very uncomfortable. George Lucas agreed to limit shots where Cushing’s feet would be visible, allowing him to wear his own slippers.
JwX4 TIL - In ancient legend, elves weren’t the noble creatures portrayed in Tolkien’s stories but powerful and dangerous supernatural beings who were more likely to harm humans than to help them. Their name says so: it comes from an ancient Germanic term for a nightmare.
R5LZ8 TIL The First Lady of the United States, Lou Henry Hoover, became the first woman to receive a degree in geology from Stanford University.
dDpmB TIL cats become significantly more hypoallergenic if they are fed eggs from chickens which have had long term exposure to other cats.