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TIL Lost Egyptian pyramids may have been found by Google Earth

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dD7Oj TIL about Operation Cottage intended to seize the last enemy stronghold on North American soil from Japanese occupiers in 1943. By the time the island was declared secure, over 300 Allied soldiers lay dead or wounded. There were none Japanese casualties, they abandoned the island 3 weeks prior.
awnWJ TIL that when the Kazakh shooting team won gold in an event in Kuwait, the band played the theme from Borat at the medal ceremony by mistake
MAlb TIL that at its peak, the British Empire became the largest empire to have ever existed.
LkL8Z TIL France and Mexico fought a war 1838 over unpaid pastries
9YJg7 TIL the 1926 Ohio/Indiana border town of College Corner had a high school football team that went 30-2, the team was made up of Miami University football players