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

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VMjJ0 TIL that the lion population in India, the only one outside of the Sahara, has increased 30% since 2015.
9jR7 TIL L'appel du vide (“the call of the void”) describes the urge to engage in destructive behaviors, like swerving into oncoming traffic or jumping off a cliff
OPlg TIL That more than 75 percent of American women dyes their hair.
OoDoR TIL 700,000 year old stone tools were found in the Philippines despite the fact that known humans didn't arrive until 600,000 years later. Researches aren't sure how humans got there or what early hominid could have even made them
odeR TIL in the 1800s it was common practice for museums to fix sculptures that had broken-off noses by creating & attaching a plaster replica. Today, Copenhagen’s Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek museum removed over 100 plaster noses, to give their sculptures a more pure look, & put them on display as a Nasothek.