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TIL that there is an exact replica of Stonehenge made entirely out of cars putting Alliance, Nebraska on the map, aptly called Carhenge

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grmd7 TIL the Skeleton Coast in Namibia is the world’s largest ship cemetery
BrxQL TIL that in 1874, a book titled "Shadows from the Walls of Death" was published that warned about the use of poisonous arsenic dyes in wallpaper, and the book contained specimens of the wallpaper. The book was so toxic that all but four copies have been destroyed.
1l4d [TIL] Locks of Love uses very few of the hair donations they receive to make wigs for disadvantaged children
RaKQ TIL the world’s hottest vodka at 250,000 scovilles is so hot the manufacturers put a lead seal on the bottle that has to be cut with an wire cutter; and they insist on their website[link] you don’t buy it.
Men1W TIL the spikes on the end of a stegosaurus tail are called thagomizer, based off a Far Side cartoon