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TIL that there are tens of giant pyramid hills in the province of Shaanxi, China and they are what you expect to be: they were built for the same reason as the Great Pyramids of Egypt: as a final resting place for ancient kings

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WwZL TIL that a super-volcanic eruption occurred 70,000 years ago and that the entire human race today is a direct descendant of the 5,000~10,000 survivors
xVaED TIL that in Japan, all 9 IKEA stores are exactly 430,000 square feet.
0P81 TIL that John Lennon’s son, Julian, didn’t know that “Hey Jude” was about him until 20 years after its debut. Paul McCartney wrote it to comfort Julian during his parents’ divorce, and John Lennon always assumed that it was written about himself.
Dnlr TIL NASA helped the airline industry save billions on fuel with one simple fix
woJ6o TIL that despite presumably dying in a plane crash on Oct 16, 1972, US Rep. Hale Boggs legally continued to hold the office of House Majority Leader until Jan 1973.