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TIL Dolly Parton once entered a Dolly Parton lookalike contest - and lost to a man

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8eEmL TIL that Göbeklitepe, an archaeological site in southeastern Turkey's Şanlıurfa province is described as "the zero point of history…"
Yl47 TIL Emergency room personnel have likened the destructive potential of an equine kick to that of the impact of a small automobile moving at 20 miles per hour.
78NG7 TIL that the Wilhelm scream, which is a sound effect that has been used in over 400 films, was originally titled "Man getting bit by an alligator, and he screams."
erA4 TIL nobody climbed Mount Everest in 2015. First barren spell in 41 years.
yQwNM TIL Lance Armstrong was ordered to pay over $20 million after his cycling doping scandal. However, his fortunes were partially saved by being one of Uber's first investors in 2009.