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TIL: The 10th tallest pyramid in the world is a Bass Pro Shop in Memphis Tennessee

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Q00p TIL a jury can acquit a defendant they believe to be guilty if they disagree with the law before them or believe breaking the law in the case before them was justified.
XE6VQ TIL that a synthetic version of horseshoe crab blood has existed for 15 years and that the practice of bleeding horseshoe crabs alive by the pharmaceutical industry is outdated and unnecessary. Some companies are beginning to commit to the humane synthetic alternative.
XEx7Q TIL that sauerkraut is not actually German and is instead thought to have originated somewhere in Mongolia.
nW4PY TIL in the Battle of Kinshasa (2nd Congo War), Zimbabwean aircraft launched from the airport's northern part of the runway to bomb the Rwandan positions at the same airport's southern part of the runway. Average turnaround time was less than 5 minutes.
BgNjL TIL the Amistad case, wherein the Supreme Court granted the return of slaves to Africa, is credited with being the first civil rights case in the U.S. John Quincy Adams, who argued the case, was 72 yrs old, almost blind, a Congressman, and had not argued a case as a lawyer in more than 30 years.