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TIL that Archaeologists discovered a 26-foot statue submerged in ground water in a Cairo slum. The biggest clue pointing to the statue's true identity was the discovery of an inscription on it that read "Nebaa," a name closely linked to Psamtik I.

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rVn0 TIL in the United States any violent crime committed with a gun equipped with a suppressor has a minimum prison sentence of 30 years.
4kdpb TIL: There is a place in Australia called Mount Disappointment, the peak offered the early explorers a disappointing view and a groin injury was involved in the climb.
QJXYM TIL that The Beatles watched George Harrison lose his virginity and they cheered in the end.
5RjB TIL that pilots and flight crews are federally classified by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as “radiation workers” and receive higher doses of radiation than all other US radiation-exposed workers.
wLLjo TIL in Sydney, Australia, a safe injecting room for heroin users has supervised just under 1 million injections, and managed more than 6,000 overdoses without a single fatality