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TIL that the tomb of Qin Shi Huang has never been fully excavated because archaeologists are afraid what booby traps may lay in wait.

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nWXYY TIL a family in the US found their son - conceived via IVF - was not theirs after taking an at-home ancestry test. The mistake was concluded to be human error and the boy now sees both families
glyy TIL of Philippe Servaty, a Belgian journalist who photographed himself having sex with over 80 girls in Morocco; he had promised to take them to Europe, but then he ditched them and published the photos online.
VMVZQ TIL The GPS (Global Positioning System) is owned by the U.S. Government and is operated by the U.S. Space Force.
p1Mb TIL that evidence suggests Neanderthals used boats before modern humans
Z8WQp TIL how the Mafia once controlled many gay bars in New York and Chicago, and its influence extended well into the 1980s.