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TIL: Over the past 50 years, there has been a decline of 3 billion birds across North America

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gxXb TIL that the first Emperor of China’s tomb (Of Terracotta Army fame) has not yet been explored. Ancient historians wrote that the tomb contains rivers of mercury mechanically operated to flow like real rivers; modern tests have reported mercury levels in the soil over 100 times what occurs naturally
ANNZd TIL a broken Tamil bell was used as a pot to boil potatoes by Māori for generations in pre-contact New Zealand. It is unknown how the bell got to New Zealand
VB7R0 TIL that Air Guitar is a competitive sport and that it has a world championship
m1wyy TIL that when adjusted for monetary inflation, "Gone witth the Wind" is still the highest-grossing film in history.
EgyL7 TIL When Eli Wallach arrived in Madrid, Spain, all of the hotels were full. Clint Eastwood invited him to sleep over at a friend's house, and they shared the same bed. Wallach's wife Anne Jackson told him he could boast that he was the only man to sleep with Clint Eastwood.