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TIL Sauron’s tower from Lord of the Rings is more than 6x taller than the Wall from Game of Thrones.

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v1XED TIL that killer whales, or orca whales have a highly developed ‘limbic system’, which suggests that they feel a stronger level of empathy and social cohesion towards their peers than any other mammal, including human beings and other cetaceans.
071A TIL that there is a single that was featured on the Billboard charts in 1979, but no copy of the song is known to exist today
6bpZ TIL that the Pentagon alone has never been audited, leaving roughly $8.5 trillion in taxpayer dollars unaccounted for since 1996.
jonp TIL that women have historically been barred from cooking sushi due to a superstition that their hands are too warm.
GApX5 TIL that Hoodoo originated in the American South and was created by enslaved Africans incorporating African spiritual traditions, Christianity and elements of indigenous botanical knowledge.