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TIL that contrary to popular notion, historians have never been able to find any mummies or kingly remains inside the Great Pyramid of Egypt.

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GA5EQ TIL: There was a planned Führermuseum in Germany that was expected to be completed in 1950 which would be a large art museum intended to be filled with thousands of confiscated artwork from the war. Many artworks intended to be displayed were re-looted when they lost and lost forever.
BrKre TIL There are still people all over the world receiving money from the German government for their help during WWII
QAyX TIL Arnold Palmer, drank iced tea with lemonade at home, and in 1960 at the U.S. Open at the Cherry Hills Country Club, he ordered the drink at the bar. A woman sitting nearby overheard him, and ordered “that Palmer drink”, thus giving the beverage its name.
7rrj7 TIL on July 5th 1916 the no.2 construction battalion was created and the only predominately African canadian battalion since confederation. It allowed black men who were previously turned away to enlist.
Yp1Av TIL that love hotels, while common in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, are rare in the United States.