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TIL - Al-Aziz Uthman, Sultan Of Egypt And Son of Saladin, Tried To Tear Down The Great Pyramids at Giza, But After Removing Only ~400 Stones In 8 Months, Gave Up On The Expensive Project, Leaving A Gash On The Smallest Of The Three Massive Structures

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aw1j9 TIL that the last confirmed use of armored trains in combat was during the Yugoslav conflicts in the period between 1991-1995 in the areas of Croatia and Bosnia & Hercegovina. Many of these trains were made using on-site materials and were equip with various ordinances of many types and calibers.
neQeB TIL of the kangaroo mouse that lives in the Nevada desert. It can go its entire life without drinking as they can get all the fluid it needs from the seeds and grain it eats
6E8PZ TIL in the summer of 2011, authorities were finally able to create a DNA profile of notorious serial killer Ted Bundy and upload it to the FBI’s national database when vials of his blood, taken in 1978, were discovered previously untouched and forgotten in a Florida crime lab
Y7Wwv TIL the Darfur conflict in Sudan started out as a conflict between the nomadic Janjaweed and the sedentary population in Darfur over grazing grounds and arable farmland, exacerbated by dwindling rainfall and droughts.
0yp TIL Britney Spears has been under “conservatorship” by her father since 2008, meaning he is in charge of all her legal and financial decisions, something that is usually used on for people with Alzheimer’s or severe mental illness