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TIL of a serious plan to disassemble the Giza pyramids to use it as pre-cut building material in 1830s, proposed by ruler Muhammad Ali Pasha, but cleverly the plan was canceled due to false cost reports presented by his French chief engineer, who thought it would be the only way to save the pyramids

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rRbYx TIL a "bottle episode" in TV, in which characters sit around and talk for an entire episode, was created to save money and/or time, as in "we pulled that episode out of a bottle like a genie." Today it is revered, and shows like Seinfeld, Friends and Always Sunny have turned it into an art
QJvJX TIL that in 1991 a supermarket gave away 10,000 tickets to a Texas Rangers game. It tuned out to be the night Nolan Ryan threw his 7th and final no-hitter. (Fast forward to 1:54:23 for proof)
Dwje TIL that the loading screens you see primarily on travel websites are artificial. Finding the cheapest flights, the best hotels, and whatever else you may be looking for takes less than a second.
69GKZ TIL about the Mandan, or "Welsh Indians." A tribe of Native Americans with a European appearance and a language that sounded like Welsh, they were at first believed to have been the descendants of the legendary Welsh explorer, Prince Madoc, who was said to have sailed to America in the 1170s.
woPw7 TIL Florentine politician and Machiavelli's friend Francesco Guicciardini served 3 popes over 20 years, ending up as the 2nd most powerful man in the papal states. Privately, he hated the catholic church and confided that the only reason he wasn't a Lutheran, was pure self interest