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TIL pigment residues found on the Great Sphinx suggest it was painted with a red face and a yellow and blue body.

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9blQ TIL After President Carter retired, he started an effort to eradicate the Guinea Worm, which infected millions of people with worms that slowly and painfully burrow out of the body over 3 months. By 2001, the infection rate was reduced by 98%, with 80% of the remaining cases in the Sudan warzone.
ep6vL TIL many US companies in the late 1800s-1938 would pay their employees in company scrip, a currency issued by the employer and can only be used in company owned stores where they upcharged exorbitant amounts, keeping employees in debt, to ensure company "loyalty."
DlDY TIL after President George H.W. Bush and the First Lady were diagnosed with Graves’ disease — and their dog, lupus — the Secret Service tested the White House water supply
X0p0R TIL That in France you can only mow your lawn at certain times.
Zv4Q TIL that there are two Roman Catholic Churches in China - one acknowledges the Pope, the other the Communist Gov’t.