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TIL Timbuktu is an ancient city in Mali, North Africa.

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rRWAo TIL King of Bohemia Charles IV, who commissioned the construction of Prague's Charles Bridge in the 14th century, was rumored to have ordered that egg yolks be added to enrich the mortar and strength the bridge's structure. Scientific evidence indeed found the presence of egg proteins in the mortar.
9Y1QB TIL before MRI scans were widespread, doctors used an extremely painful X-ray to look at the brain where the CSF was drained and replaced with air. They would strap patients into a rotating chair to angle them upside down so that the fluid would be fully replaced in different parts of the brain.
VMgYZ TIL of 102-year-old cyclist Robert Marchand who held the 100-plus category one-hour record of 24 kilometres and 251 metres until he broke his own record at the age of 102 years riding 26 kilometers and 927 metres in one hour.
pkKN TIL that traditional Japanese buildings do not use nails or glue. Instead, timbers are connected by elaborate dovetail joints.
ANXb7 TIL that despite is Germanic name, Auschwitz was not only located in Poland, but is a former Polish Army barracks