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TIL that approximately 300 people live in the tunnels under Las Vegas in order to do drugs or be alone in general.

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4kkVb TIL that Queen Elizabeth II had two severely disabled first cousins who were publicly pronounced dead in 1940 and 1961 respectively, but actually lived in a care home with no visits or support from the royal family until their actual deaths in 1986 and 2014.
M7jEW TIL that the Yungas Road is a Bolivian road so dangerous it used to kill up to 300 drivers a year before a safer alternative was finished in 2006. It's only about 3 meters wide, prone to rockfalls, and has no guardrails even though it has cliffs over 600 meters high.
JYLem TIL that THC can be administered by suppository.
vPQmK TIL of Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 91, a Greek receipt dated 13 Oct 187 for wet nursing wages. Written by Chosion, son of Sarapion, it records payment of 400 drachmae to Tanenteris, daughter of Thonis, through the bank at the Serapeum. Found in Oxyrhynchus, it’s now kept at Royal Holloway College in Egham.
eVmD TIL reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes was being kept awake at night by the bright neon sign from the ‘Silver Slipper’ casino, so he bought the casino and dismantled the sign.