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TIL in Mexico there's an adventure activity that simulates crossing the border into the USA, complete with fake border patrol and coyotes.

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VMGEB TIL before working on the Donald Duck comics and creating Scrooge McDuck. Carl Barks began his career at a racy man's magazine "Calagary Eye Opener" in the early 1920s. After retiring, he made tons of erotic artwork showing people with duck bills he jokingly referred to as the "Duck Syndrome".
BrZBd TIL of a serious plan to disassemble the Giza pyramids to use it as pre-cut building material in 1830s, proposed by ruler Muhammad Ali Pasha, but cleverly the plan was canceled due to false cost reports presented by his French chief engineer, who thought it would be the only way to save the pyramids
woAp6 TIL The average American owns seven pairs of jeans, one for each day of the week and buys four new pairs every year.
J1PMm TIL that Japanese stores use anti-theft paintballs to help track thieves
R5Ky1 TIL 32-bit devices won't be able to tell the time accurately by early 2038, 13 year from now.