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TIL the Pyramids were not built built by slaves and that many experts agree were made by many elite, skilled workers.

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v1AJD TIL that The Flaming Lips have to pay half of all royalties for the song ‘Fight Test’ to Yusuf Islam after he sued them for ripping off his ‘Father and Son’. Despite the songs’ striking similarity, Lips’ frontman Wayne Coynes said it was unintended and he only realised when his producer heard it
X96X TIL that the only Americans with their own personal zip code are the President and Smokey Bear.
QJmXE TIL Ex-UFC fighter and podcaster Brendan Schaub has the worst rated (1.6/10) comedy special in history
xVdYw TIL that in 1895 a swarm of Rocky Mountain locust, measuring 1,800 miles long and 110 miles wide, blocked out the sun for five days. Thirty years later the locust was extinct.
e0vOD TIL that natural Paprika is actually very sweet, has absolutely no heat at all and it's flavour has been described as similar to a tomato. What makes it spicy is Cheyenne Pepper which is added during the production process.