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TIL that the 10th tallest pyramid in the world is a Bass Pro Shop megastore in Tennessee

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Wxko TIL Turkeys can reproduce asexually
06oN TIL Thinkgeek got a cease-and-desist from the National Pork board for advertising Canned Unicorn Meat during april fools’ day
41j6 TIL of Rocket War, an annual festival on the island of Chios, Greece, where residents of two towns fire 60,000 rockets at each other while trying to hit the rival town’s church bell… while people attend mass inside.
NAQb TIL that when your hand gets wet, it wrinkles due to your body creating “treads” for better grip in the water, not because your hand is absorbing water.
RKZ6 TIL that once, according to a Yale study, applications with randomized male and female names were presented to scientists for students applying for a lab manager position. Although the applications were 100% identical the “female” applicants were rated significantly lower in competence & hireability