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TIL The pyramids were built by paid laborers. Not slaves.

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EmOV TIL you have better odds of being killed by a falling coconut than winning the Powerball.
dDxJZ TIL that legendary film director Francis Ford Coppola, director of cinematic greats The Godfather (1972) and Apocalypse Now (1979), also directed the critically panned family comedy, Jack (1996), about a boy trapped in a rapidly aging body, starring Robin Williams.
v1nLL TIL the Bubonic Plague is still around. It affects about 7 people a year in the US, and small rodents like prairie dogs are fed vaccine treats to help their populations and reduce spread.
e0be4 TIL that in Abraham Lincoln's time in the Illinois legislature, he once leapt out of a first-story window in a failed attempt to prevent a quorum from being present. The doors of the Capitol had been locked to prevent legislators from fleeing.
XBvX TIL original PS1 controller was 10% larger in the US compared to Japan, to account for bigger hands in America.