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TIL that a WWII battlefield went completely untouched and undiscovered until 2010

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d8X7d TIL that skyscrapers are designed to last at least 500 years on average, and are engineered to withstand catastrophic weather events occurring once every 50 years
d8BYd TIL The most recent partial Neanderthal is a four year old child buried with a seashell. The bones date around 24 500 years ago.
K76G TIL A photon spends 40,000 years getting from the core of the Sun to the surface, but then only 8 minutes to get to Earth.
dDaNQ TIL Olfactory Aversion Conditioning was shown in a study to temporarily reduce overeating in a test group, but the weight-loss results didn't last once the study ended and the aversive stimuli were taken away
BNMr TIL that Lord of the Rings takes place in the real world, and that we are now in the Seventh Age.