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TIL that China’s Terracotta Army, thousands of life-sized clay soldiers buried with the first emperor, was accidentally discovered in 1974 by farmers digging a well, leading to one of the greatest archaeological finds ever.

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pYe1Z TIL: Venus and Serena Williams were brought up as Jehovah's Witnesses
nebQP Today I learned that Pies were originally called Coffins, and no one ate the crust.
V8E0 TIL on May 1, 1969, Mr. Rogers addressed the Senate to argue that $20 million in funding for PBS should not be cut. Sen John Pastore led the hearing and had never heard of Mr. Rogers’ television show. It took just six minutes to convince the Senator from RI that the $20 million was well worth it.
wj16 TIL that During World War II in the pacific, approaching soldiers in Allied uniforms were ordered to shout lollapalooza back to the ones manning the checkpoint — if they pronounced the L’s as R’s, as Japanese soldiers were likely to do, they could be identified as spies.
D1NwV TIL A woman was successfully diagnosed in 1984 with a brain tumor, after she began hearing unknown voices in her head that told her she needed to have a brain scan.