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TIL that One of the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages " Kom El Shoqafa Catacombs " was accidentally discovered in 1900 when a donkey was suddenly swallowed by the earth below.

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m1m8p TIL the largest billboard in the world is 6,260 square meters [Larger than an NFL football field]
MLZ8 TIL in 1970 Jimmy Carter let a prisoner convicted of murder obtain a work release to serve as a maid at the governor’s mansion. He was so impressed, when he was elected president in 1976 he volunteered to be her parole officer & let her continue working at the White House. She was later exonerated.
Z8jkR TIL a unanimous 1893 decision of the United States Supreme Court found that federal tariffs on imported vegetables could target tomatoes, although they are botanically a "fruit of the vine." The parlance of common people and customary consumption during the main course motivated the ruling.
9YBZB TIL About 120,000 Chinese tourists visited North Korea in 2018, compared to fewer than 5,000 Western tourists. The Chinese government also offers 60 students full scholarships to North Korean universities each year and 70 other Chinese students pay their own way there
BrPnW TIL in 1963 Italian engineers underestimated the effects of a controlled landslide they’d planned, resulting in a shockwave 2x the intensity of Hiroshima, instantly pulverizing thousands of people & causing a 820ft tsunami to travel down a mountain, turning the town beneath to a “large muddy crater”