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TIL that the Great Pyramid in Egypt has a huge 'plane-sized' void in the middle… (and I originally read that as planet-sized)

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WkNdB TIL A London Metropolitan Police Officer went undercover as a spy to infiltrate activism groups. He got married and had a child under his fake identity and then abandoned them both after 4 years. He then returned back to his real identity where he already had a different wife and 2 other children.
Dknv TIL almost 80% of German casualties in World War II took place in Eastern Front
kJn1W TIL There is a spot in the retina where the nerves carrying all the information run out, or the blind spot. A King of France amused himself during boring sessions with courtiers by “cutting off their heads” by looking at one and watching another’s head disappear
kG9B TIL that if Queen Elizabeth is still reigning by September 9, she will become the longest-ruling British monarch.
yQ4Mw TIL African gray parrots will help other members of their species in need, the first time such charitable behavior has been documented among birds.