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TIL that humans use to run their prey to death, called persistence hunting.

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X0VZ6 TIL Elvis dreamed about building a guest house at Graceland as far back as 1960 but it was never built. The 450 room Guest House at Graceland finally opened in 2016, just steps from Presley's former home. The hotel employs 450 people and is the first in a working middle class Memphis neighborhood
wLME6 TIL because a country's maritime borders extend 200 nautical miles into the ocean, this creates pockets in places like the Gulf of Mexico known as "donut holes", where no country is within 200 miles, making them international waters.
4XOrJ TIL: [Repost from 3yrs ago] Mythbusters tested breast size and its correlation to cash tips received by restaurant servers - men tipped their large-boobed server 30% more, but women tipped her 40% more.
69dDm TIL about The Black Taj Mahal (Kala Taj), a black marble mausoleum that was planned to be built across the Yamuna River opposite the Taj Mahal in Agra, India. Mughal emperor Shah Jahan desired a mausoleum for himself similar to that of the one he had built in memory of his second wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
4kyvN TIL the Skilled Veterans Corps was a group all over the age of 60 that volunteered to help stabilise the Fukushima nuclear plant. They believed they should face the dangers of radiation, not young people