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TIL woolly mammoths were still alive while the Great Pyramids were being built.

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XVPk TIL: That a third of people have a “Photic sneeze reflex” where they sneeze when they are exposed to a bright light.
VwB TIL there is an elephant named Tarra who lost her best friend, a dog named Bella, to a band of coyotes. Finding the body, she moved her friend more than a mile from the scene, taking her back home.
b6RbN TIL that after England was knocked out of Euro 2004 by Portugal, English tabloids found the email address of the Swiss referee and published it. He received 16,000 hate emails overnight. After that "the Sun" also published the email address of a Swiss radio DJ, who tried to defend his compatriot
4kOow TIL: A deceased former federal judge remains one of the few judges to have ever questioned the reliability of fingerprinting. In 1991, after learning counties applied different standards to decide if two prints matched, Judge Letts declared he'd never allow fingerprint evidence again.
mxdGR TIL The Hagia Sophia has some odd scratches inside. For hundreds of years, their origin and purpose was unknown. It was later discovered that they are Futhark runes made by a Norseman far from home. A message, carved into the building he knew would never be destroyed. The message? “Hafdan was here.”