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TIL that the Great Pyramid of Giza was originally constructed with a covering of polished casing stones that would act like gigantic mirrors and reflect light so powerful that the pyramid would be visible from the moon.

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5VvrD TIL Jennifer Connelly had nearly half of her finger bitten off by a chimpanzee while filming "Phenomena." (1985) It was surgically reattached soon after.
rRaA0 TIL "call of the void" is that feeling when you think for a second about steering into oncoming traffic or jumping off a cliff for no reason although you would never do it.
wLrE TIL that Michael Jackson’s famous “lean” in Smooth Criminal was made possible through a special patented “anti-gravity illusion” shoe.
16LgP TIL the U.S. Navy doesn’t just have 11 aircraft carriers—it also operates 11 amphibious assault ships, many of which are larger than the aircraft carriers used by other countries.
G4g1 TIL that Target has a customer tracking and marketing algorithm / database so accurate it discovered a teen pregnancy.