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TIL The Great Sphinx has a tail.

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Y5VW TIL Quebec has a government backed maple syrup cartel that rules with an iron fist by crushing dissenters while investigating, charging and pursuing independent maple syrup producers who question the Cartel’s control of 70% of the global supply.
W7OWo TIL the United States Geological Survey (USGS) uses the term "Gage" instead of "Gauge" because one employee in 1892 reasoned that the term "Gage" was the "proper Saxon spelling," instead of the Norman "Gauge"
neVV9 TIL there is a statue of a blue horse with glowing laser eyes in front of the Denver International Airport nicknamed bluecifer. This statue killed his creator Luis Jiménez when a section fell on him.
XEjQj TIL Will Ferrell played on 10 different MLB teams in one day
B8Dx TIL: It is a common tactic in Scrabble to use words NOT in the dictionary, which is a legal move as long as the other player doesn’t call you out