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TIL That there are decaying heads of 42 American Presidents in Virginia. Lincoln's statue features a sizeable hole on the back of his head.

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DBGY TIL there is a “safe spot” in the original Pac-Man where the ghosts will never kill you
0Lnv TIL there is an exposed bedrock near Hudson Bay, Canada that is 4.3 billion years old. It is the oldest known rock and was around when the earth was only 200 million years old with no atmosphere or oceans.
d8bEQ TIL The Siege of Stalingrad resulted in more Russian deaths (military and civilian) than the US and Britain sustained (combined) in all of World War II.
9Q7D TIL The BBC News channel has a show dedicated to viewers criticising how well they have reported the weeks events