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TIL that for centuries the city of Troy was considered a myth until it was re-discovered in 1871 in present day Turkey. The area had been excavated before but the ruins of Troy were beneath newer excavations and had gone untouched for millennia even though the site had people living on top of it.

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Rym9 TIL in 2014 the ALS Association received $100.9 million in donations compared to $2.8 million during the same period the year before thanks to the ice bucket challenge.
No6 TIL: John Stapp withstood 46.2 G forces in 1947, the most any human has ever been subject to and survive.
v1G8 TIL prior to completion of a national paved roads system, it took future President Eisenhower’s truck convoy four months to cross the United States… leading him to propose and support the Interstate system 30 years later.
OoAka TIL two-thirds of the apple juice consumed in the US comes from China
lolPN TIL That when the Cards Against Humanity team kept all of the money they raised by selling nothing (literally) for 5 Dollars on Black Friday, they split the $71,145 and one employee bought a 24 karat gold vibrator for over $3,000.