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TIL the Inca Empire existed for only 95 years.

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X5xR TIL Dale Earnhardt Jr. built a fully staffed, fully themed western town in his backyard just to throw parties in.
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4X4LX TIL that during the final stages of freezing to death, you may feel very overheated and take off your clothes before "terminal burrowing", which is also known as "hide-and-die syndrome".
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