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TIL that contrary to the popular myth, slaves did not build the great pyramid of Giza

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xnwB TIL that the peregrine falcon is the fastest animal on earth with top speeds reaching up to 220 mph.
OoAML TIL that the first jazz performance of "Someday My Prince Will Come" was by the Ghetto Swingers at the Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1943. To avoid causing controversy, the band had to change the program name from "Music by Frank Churchill" to "Music from Disney's Snow White"
x6Eb5 TIL that what we call black tea in english is actually called red tea (红茶 hóngchá) in China. The term black tea (黑茶 hēichá) is actually used to describe a fermented tea called Pu'er
166Zr TIL Beyoncé once went to a vegan restaurant wearing a skinned cow shirt, leather pants and leather heels.
YpwNG TIL about Joe Simpson, who broke his leg descending a mountain and was lowered off the mountain by his climbing partner Simon Yates. He ends up falling off a cliff and into a crevasse after Simon is forced to cut the rope. He survives and crawls 8 miles to safety. Better story in link.