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TIL There is enough stone in the Great Pyramid of Giza to build a 3 meter (9 foot) wall around France

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N75NJ TIL that In-N-Out pays store managers an average yearly salary of more than $160,000. More than the typical California dentist, accountant or financial advisor.
P14kE TIL that 92% of all US currency has traces of cocaine on paper currency.
rNYa4 TIL A dead body left on Mars would dry out and mummify better than Egyptian mummies. The first few stages — algor mortis (body cools), livor mortis (blood pools), and rigor mortis (muscles stiffen) — would still take place. But there would be no other overt signs of decomposition.
Aeod TIL that 17.9 percent of high-speed police chases the suspects outrun the police & 35.7 percent come to an end when the suspect stops on his or her own.
E1lGd TIL the Veery, a small bird in the Thrush family, is better at predicting upcoming Atlantic hurricane seasons than our best meteorological models.