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TIL Hodor is the name of the Norse god of Winter

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16wk7 TIL that there are only about 30 Ancient Egyptian obelisks left standing worldwide—and Italy has more than Egypt.
LkNv9 TIL There are about 50,000 megaliths (Large stones used in various types of Neolithic monuments) in Great Britain and Ireland
8amKL TIL In 1953, the newspaper Liberation published a death-bed confession by a Parisian roofer that he had murdered Zola by blocking the chimney of his house
E1Pvo TIL Marie Curie's century-old notebook is still radioactive and requires lead box. Any researchers who wish to view it are required to sign a liability waiver.
EbNx TIL that the largest infiltration of the U.S. Goverment involved breaches into 136 federal agencies, foreign embassies and consulates, as well as private organizations. The culprits: the Church of Scientology.