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TIL The location of the first emporer of China's tomb is known but remains unexcavated, in part, due to fears it contains vast quantities of mercury

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m1ZaE TIL that the acronym “R.I.P.” has been engraved on tombstones since at least the fifth century. “Rest in Peace” is the English translation of a Latin phrase with the same acronym.
x69JB TIL - (on my medicine board review exam) Evidenced-based research found that Tai Chai has beneficial outcomes on patients with KNEE osteoarthritis.
medY TIL that the Soviets did not know about Polaroid instant photos until Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev visited the White House in 1973.
ep585 TIL that some people possess an extraordinary ability to recall an abnormally large number of their life experiences in vivid detail. This condition is called Hyperthymesia (also known as HSAM)
YpGRZ TIL Germans sunk an oil tanker at the mouth of the Mississippi River in 1942 during WWII