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TIL that despite a persistent popular myth, the Great Wall of China is NOT visible from space with the naked eye, a fact confirmed by astronauts.

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QJ5aM TIL Anglo-saxon king "Æthelred the Unready" is a pun. His epithet is derived from "unræd", which means "poorly-advised", while Æthelred's name means "well-advised". He was therefore "Well-advised The Poorly-advised".
69LNQ TIL that California is the only state to have an image of an extinct animal on its state flag and seal
yrjJ TIL that Elephants use their teeth in sequence and when the last molar wears out, the elephant dies of starvation.
OoQv6 TIL the German Army conducted a "Jewish Census" of their soldiers during WWI, designed to prove that Jews were shirking military service. It ended up proving the opposite, so the results were never published.
4OWX TIL there is a Kappa Kappa Kappa (KKK) fraternity that is older than the Ku Klux Klan