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KYyWJ TIL that contrary to popular belief, the Great Wall of China is not actually visible from space with the naked eye.
kJARg TIL that before the raid of Osama Bin Laden in 2011, two 1:1 scaled versions of his Pakistani compound were built in the US, for SEALs to practice their raid on. The elevation of these test compounds was also built to be at the same level, to test the affect it would have on the raid helicopters.
wkwP TIL in 1924, children playing on the banks of a river in Germany discovered a human skull. More bones were discovered, eventually leading to the arrest of Fritz Haarman, who was butchering humans and selling their flesh as pork.
LQjYZ TIL of Narco-Pentecostalism, which is a term used to identify the link between Pentecostal Christianity and Brazillian narco gangs. Gangs under this label use religious iconography within their territories and often persecute non Christian groups, along with other crime such as drugs and violence.
bGAp TIL in 1906 the Bronx Zoo exhibited a Congolese pygmy man named Ota Benga in its Monkey House where he slept in a hammock and shot a bow and arrow at a target. Yesterday was the 100th anniversary of his suicide.