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TIL there exists a massive abandoned supercollider in Texas.

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4kOPN TIL the builders of the Greate Pyramids of Gizah (2500 BC) were not in their time called "pharaoh". The title is first recorded over 1000 years later.
wLMMJ TIL: Fawns are born relatively odourless as a defence mechanism.
YRDd TIL North Korea is the only country where Marijuana is 100% legal to grow, sell, possess, and use.
8NxL TIL Anchorman Peter Jennings, who passed away from lung cancer in 2005, had actually quit smoking around 1985, but started the habit again from the stress of 9/11.
8erRZ TIL that a pillbug does not urinate. It expelled ammonia through its exoskeleton. It’s classified as a crustacean and not an insect. It turns purple or blue when fighting infections. It can feed on heavy metals with zero consequences.