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TIL the catacombs of Paris hold the remains of over 6 million people.

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DJKg TIL that Albert Einstein and his wife Mileva Maric had a daughter in 1902, one year before they were married. The existence of “Lieserl” was concealed and only discovered in 1986. Einstein is believed to have never met her, what happened to her is a mystery.
d8VKQ TIL that Singapore has been physically growing its borders for years by literally importing sand from other countries. Since independence, Singapore has increased its physical landmass by more than 20% already resulting in the complete disappearance of 24 islands in the Indonesian archipelago.
N7bvE TIL that the Pyramid of Giza is the only remaining Wonder of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, that it is over 4500 years old, and that the second-to-last remaining Wonder was destroyed over 500 years ago.
woLOY TIL: Nintendo launched a public relations and legal campaign in the 80's to prevent people from using "Nintendo" as a term to describe video games because they feared it would genericize the name and prevent them from keeping their trademark.
5YgwB TIL that US law requires that eggs sold in supermarkets must be washed. And EU law requires that eggs sold in supermarkets must NOT be washed. Both do it to prevent salmonella.