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TIL Egypt isn't the country with the most Pyramids in the world. It's Sudan with 220 Pyramids(almost twice of Egypt which is ~118)

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ep08E TIL when actor Chazz Palminteri was 9yrs old living in the Bronx, he witnessed a mobster get killed in front of his apartment building. He included the incident in a one man play he wrote and starred in that Robert Deniro saw. They decided to turn it into the movie "A Bronx Tale".
OG59e TIL that in the 17th century, tulip bulb futures became incredibly valuable in the Netherlands. At the peak of the craze, a single tulip bulb sold for the value of a nice house.
a8BEA TIL: There are billions of rogue planets, ranging from Earth to Jupiter massed Planets barreling through our galaxy that were once ejected from their solar system, mainly close orbiting Gas Giants.
kJ1nm TIL about "job fishing" - setting up fake companies, making up fake employee profiles and hiring people for positions that don't exist. Madbird is an example of the con that tricked dozens into working for a fake design agency
B9Dx TIL pistol silencers aren’t too silent. They certainly sound nothing like they do in nearly every movie that uses one.