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TIL if you want KFC in Gaza, you can pay a company $30 to smuggle it through tunnels across the Egypt/Gaza border within 3 hours

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bBa0 TIL that the total surface area of all the alveoli in your lungs is about the size of a tennis court
oRZDK TIL Robert Wardhaugh, a dungeon master for D&D has the longest, continuously running Dungeons and Dragons campaign at 40 years, since 1982. Over 500 characters have come and gone, 50 dynasties, and a collection of over 30,000 hand painted miniatures and landscapes at his disposal.
gKw9 TIL of Robert Landsburg, a photographer,who,upon realising he wouldn’t survive the volcanic eruption he was documenting,kept taking photos before putting the film in his bag and lay down on it,in order to protect the shots.The images were recovered and provided invaluable insight.
X1ND TIL when serial killer Ted Bundy was 3 years old he put knives in his Aunt’s bed and stood there grinning until she woke up.
KYJGQ TIL that during WWII, women were hired as human computers working in clusters, and the term "kilogirl" was sometimes used to refer to 1,000 hours of female calculation.