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TIL King Tut's knife was made from meteorite iron.

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pWGN TIL The best selling drink in every country on Earth is either Coca-cola or a drink owned by the Coca-Cola company - except for one place. Scotlands own ‘Irn-Bru’ has remained the undefeated drink of choice on its home turf for over a century.
6NkY TIL A group of female prostitues in Nairobi have become resistant to AIDS
mVgv TIL wrestler John Cena has granted over 300 wishes for the Make A Wish foundation, the most of any to date.
VMGkp TIL there was a recurring problem in Victorian times where explosions would ignite in sewers and bathrooms as a result of methane gas buildup from human waste.
Mpl0 TIL that because the concrete of the Hoover Dam was poured into individual, rectangular shaped sections, rather than with a single, continuous pour, the physical dam itself will survive up to 10,000 years and be one of the last remaining visible and recognizable monuments of humans on the planet.