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TIL Sudan has the most Pyramids in any country with over 350 found so far.

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epDLk TIL To protect historical Steveston Village from flooding on Canada's Westcoast, there is a plan to build a $170 million dyke in the Fraser River and around an island. Because it is a working harbour, a 50m seagate would be required in the middle of the dyke
GAooj TIL world's largest functioning musical instrument is the Wanamaker Organ, located in the Macy's department store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Built-in 1904 for the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, the organ boasts 28,750 pipes, six manuals, and 464 ranks, making it a truly massive and impress
P1ENE TIL Professional wrestler Scott Hall was diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder, years after killing a man in self defense. Hall wrestled away the drunken man’s gun, and shot him in the head, outside of Hall’s place of work.
a8MZN TIL that during WW2 the US Army opened a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee on Shotwell Road. After a newspaper letter said that the name of the street was inappropriate for wounded soldiers, the street was renamed to Getwell Road.
1adQ7 TIL Angelo Dundee confessed tightening the ropes of the ring prior to the Rumble in the Jungle fight between Ali and Foreman, which in a sense facilitated Ali's victory.