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TIL that the largest single structure sand dune in North America exists in. . .Idaho.

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gMjR9 TIL some people are phobic of certain numbers. In some Asian countries, it is common to omit floors that include the 4 as it is similar to death in Mandarin. While in Italy, 17 may refer "I am dead." In some western cultures, 13 is considered an unlucky number.
awOmy TIL a dead 13-foot shark, floating in a tank of formaldehyde, was found by a YouTuber while breaking into an abandoned wildlife park in Australia.
waZ8 TIL in 1977 a urologist in New Jersey purchased Napoleon Bonaparte’s penis for $3,000 and stored it under his bed for 30 years until he died. His daughter inherited the penis.
ADvra TIL of Vasili Mitrokhin, a KGB archivist who kept a vast collection of handwritten notes on top secret files. When he defected to British Intelligence in 1992, he brought six trunks of notes with him that exposed most KGB activities in the West during the Cold War
8v1X TIL this temple, recently discovered in Turkey, suggests Mesopotamians were not the first civilization, by about 3000 years.