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TIL that Japan National Route 339 has a 300 m staircase that’s officially part of the highway

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L5nr TIL the Ten commandments quoted by most people aren’t the ten commandments carved into the stone tablets by Moses according to the Bible. The actual Ten Commandments contain gems such as “Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk” and “The first offspring of every womb belongs to me.”
OGB7e TIL that the University of Michigan's prized Galileo manuscript turned out to be a clever forgery.
0dEp1 TIL about the Central Park Squirrel Census, a project where hundreds of volunteers, known as "squirrel sighters," counted squirrels in Central Park. The census estimates there are around 2,373 squirrels living in the park.
VM5E8 TIL of Hypatia. She was a world-renowned female mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher of the 4th-century who was literally torn apart by oyster shells and set on fire by a mob of Christain zealots.
MeGjV TIL that pound for pound, beef liver is so nutrient-dense, it surpasses any meat, fruit or vegetable in terms of nutritional content. Simply speaking, it’s the most nutritious food you can eat. The protein it contains is also of the highest quality of any meat.