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TIL the Great Sphinx was so named about 2000 years after its construction. What name the creators called their statue is unknown and there are no inscriptions anywhere describing its construction or original purpose.

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ep7dD TIL high-quality lenses made from rock-crystal were discovered among Viking artifacts. They are so well-made that they could have been used in a telescope. These lenses were crafted over a thousand years ago, long before the time of Galileo.
Mexdm TIL about Kryptos. A sculpture of 4 encrypted messages by artist Jim Sanborn at the CIA Langley grounds. The first 3 parts have been solved but the 4th remains a mystery despite continued worldwide efforts to decode it.
EJp7 TIL the “bye! have a beautiful time!” guy at the end of American Dad is Security Officer Peña, a Venezuelan-American who worked at the office buildings where Family Guy and American Dad! are produced.
paDe TIL a 66 year old man went to the hospital because of stomach pain, to discover he had been a woman his whole life.
gMEjX TIL the Washington Monument contains a piece of the Parthenon, sent by Greece as a memorial stone during the Monument's construction.