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TIL after The Wizard of Oz, 40 books were written that are "canon" to the land of Oz, plus many others

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QMea TIL After his death in 1942, the archaeologist Flinders Petrie’s wife brought his head home to London on an aeroplane in a hat box on her knee.
ANPEB TIL that human bones can be replaced by prosthetic ones. A common bone replacement procedure is hip replacement. It is mostly done for old adults above 60 who suffer from damaged hip joint.
W8EY TIL Due to the Taliban dynamiting two famous 4th century giant statues of Buddha for their status as idols, excavators of the site discovered a cave network filled with 5th-9th century artwork and another, previously unknown giant statue of Buddha within
j0Aj TIL about Charlie, a Blue Macaw, who is still alive after 117 years. Charlie first hatched in 1899, and is the oldest of its kind to ever be recorded. The bird can be heard screeching anti-Nazi propaganda at his current home at a garden center in England.
YxnB TIL A Boeing 737 gets better gas mileage than a Honda Odyssey, a Toyota Camry and a Harley Davidson Sportster (per person)