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j6rYn TIL, that the first pyramid in Pharaonic Egypt wasn't Khufu's pyramid (the great pyramid of giza), However it was his father's (sneferu) known as the "Bent Pyramid," located in Dahshur.
WEL9 TIL that the Dutch word for fun is ‘lol’.
VBngZ TIL that the first recorded vending machine was invented by Hero of Alexandria, an ancient Greek engineer, in the first century AD. It dispensed holy water in exchange for a coin.
YWyG TIL that there was a nuclear worker which triggered radiation alarms when he came to work, despite being checked that he was “clean” before leaving. It turned out that his house was on top of a natural source of radon gas.
y95l TIL We already have the world`s first Bionic Pop Star - Viktoria Modesta