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TIL the autopsy of Julius Caesar is the earliest known post-mortem report in history.

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a8vAo TIL the US started a Crazy Horse monument to rival Mount Rushmore in 1948. While the design features the Chief riding and pointing toward the Black Hills only the face has been completed.
nWnLW TIL "Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water" by Limp Bizkit is the fastest-selling rock album ever in the United States. It sold 1,055,000 copies in the first seven days of it's release. It broke the record held by Pearl Jam for their album "Vs."
v1gM4 TIL about Utroba(Womb) cave in Bulgaria which was not only carved to resemble a vagina but they carved a phallus shaped opening in the ceiling so the sun projects the shape at the entrance of the cave
VBRg0 TIL For its 21st edition, The Guinness Book of Records became the biggest-selling copyright book in history with sales totalling 23,950,000. The 2024 book is its 70th edition
R7Rk9 TIL Israel merged the front half of a damaged rare 2 seat F-15 with the back half of an obsolete retired single seat F15. When they asked Boeing for advice Boeing never responded thinking the Israeli air force was joking.