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TIL that Stonehenge isn’t actually a henge, which is odd since the word “henge” comes from Stonehenge

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PYNNg TIL We broke the sound barrier before a man summited Mt. Everest. That's a speed exceeding 662 mph, at an altitude of 43,000 feet, in a ROCKET PLANE, four years before a man could climb to 29,029 feet, with the help of a Nepalese sherpa on his 39th birthday.
e0BGD TIL oranges are sold in bright red net bags because the colour of the net deepens the perceived colour of the fruits - this is called Munker's illusion
8e9v4 TIL: The Holy Roman Empire (800-1806) was the First Reich and eventually became Germany. This is what Hitler's Third Reich was attempting to recreate.
OZo6 TIL John Wilkes Booth strategically chose to shoot President Lincoln during what was widely considered the funniest line of the play, so that the uproarious laughter would muffle the sound of his gunshot.
aL8A TIL that in 2000 a paediatrician was driven from her home in Wales when local “vigilantes” confused her job title with “paedophile”.