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TIL the Luxor hotel and casino in Las Vegas is the third largest pyramid in the world.

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WkxoN TIL the Popsicle Index is a quality of life measurement coined by Catherine Austin Fitts as the percentage of people in a community who believe that a child in their community can safely leave their home, walk to the nearest possible location to buy a popsicle, and walk back home.
JYpG4 TIL if you're a healthy man without GI concerns, you should put your money toward fiber-rich whole food rather than supplements.
y0d8 TIL the word nimrod comes from a biblical figure, king Nimrod, who was a mighty hunter, but now means a stupid person after Bugs Bunny sarcastically referred to the hunter Elmer Fudd as nimrod in 1932. Most people did not get the joke and assumed it meant «stupid».
5VxGQ TIL that "can you feel my heart" (gigachad theme song) was in 4/4 and not 3/4
loLGK TIL Waist chop or waist cutting was a form of execution used in ancient China. As its name implies, it involved the condemned being sliced in two at the waist by an executioner