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TIL there was supposed to be a Black Taj Mahal opposite of the original, but was never fully built.

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YpKRd TIL about The Really Terrible Orchestra, founded by author Alexander McCall Smith in 1995. It exists for the musically challenged aka. "those who have been prevented from playing music through lack of talent".
R5nZj TIL that mountain lions kill animals much larger than they can eat in a sitting, because other predators (wolves, bears, etc) will inevitably steal their prey. These carcasses become complete ecosystems to several insects who travel from carcass to carcass.
b9Kd9 TIL: An Alaskan husky in the Iditarod will burn about 9,666 calories each day; a rate of caloric burn 3.5 times that of a human Tour de France cyclist. The aerobic capacity of a typical Iditarod dog is three times that of a human Olympic marathon runner.
Vy6p TIL a mule is not just the offspring of a donkey and a horse, but more specifically the offspring of a MALE donkey and a FEMALE horse. The other way around is much rarer: a ‘Hinny’
EWJ7 TIL that porn star Eva Angelina is also a real estate agent.