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TIL about the Richat Structure of Mauritania. Observable from space and measuring nearly 50 kilometers in diameter (30 miles) it is referred to as the Eye of Africa

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rRWP0 TIL : IN 2006, a man in Portland, Oregon hired a hitman to kill his 51-year-old wife. His wife ended up killing the hitman with her bare hands. When Susan Kuhnhausen had her hands on his neck she asked him, "TELL ME WHO SENT YOU HERE AND I WILL CALL YOU A FUCKING AMBULANCE!"
M7YAm TIL in 1977 George Lucas made a deal with Steven Spielberg, 2.5% of A New Hope's profit for 2.5% of Close Encounters of the Third Kind's profit (George thought Close Encounters was certain to outperform A New Hope). This deal netted Spielberg over $40M dollars. He still earns money from it today.
E1ANp TIL that hog rectum and calamari have a taste and texture similar enough to be hard to tell apart
x6kxo TIL, hooved animals are born with Cinderella slippers
OWKL TIL Hitler made his operatives stage a Poland attack in order to make it look like Poland was attacking Germany, which led to Germany invading Poland.