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TIL that China has gotten so creative with making counterfit goods that fake eggs have been found in China’s markets

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9YJlp TIL of the hidden and heavely armed bunker system in the Swiss mountains, big enough for their whole population, anti aircraft missiles and jets. Even turning their highways into runways in a matter of hours.
Oo8M1 TIL that according to one legend, the funeral escort of Genghis Khan killed anyone and anything that crossed their path in order to conceal where he was finally buried. After the tomb was completed, the slaves who built it were massacred, and then the soldiers who killed them were also killed.
p8x84 TIL Little Richard sang "The Magic School Bus" opening theme song
1N1P TIL that the origin of the right hand being raised while taking an oath is to make sure you are not branded a criminal
XE7GP TIL Mr. Wizard's science television program—running from 1951 to 1965—was so influential in inspiring people to pursue science careers, ~50% of all applicants to Rockefeller University throughout the 1960s-1970s in New York cited him when they were asked how they first became interested in science.