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TIL a CT scan on the ancient statue of Buddha revealed a mummified monk.

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0dGNv TIL about Fugu, a dish prepared from Pufferfish, which can be lethal to humans if toxic parts of the fish are not properly prepared. In Japan and Korea, by law, only chefs who pass a three-year training are permitted to prepare the dish. Domestic preparation occasionally leads to accidental death.
6E78w TIL the US corn belt during corn season does more photosynthesis than anywhere else on the planet
nebar TIL it wasn't illegal to buy or sell human organs until 1984 in the US.
klWd TIL the longest work of fiction ever written is a Super Smash Bros. fanfic. As of last year, it was 3,548,615 words long, six times longer than “War and Peace.”
1gxP TIL that the last woolly mammoths lived at the same time the Egyptians were building the pyramids