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TIL The Great Pyramid Of Giza has 8 sides not 4.

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0Z1 TIL a Monty Python sketch caused the word “spam” to become synonymous with unwanted messages.
4Gb TIL in 1960 a man jumped out of a helium balloon from a height of 31km, near the edge of space, and fell for 15 minutes straight.
JYKOk TIL that Paul McCartney created Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Band after misunderstanding Salt and Pepper for Sergeant Pepper, which triggered a train of thoughts leading to the album’s concept
lgL5 TIL that Microsoft was accused of an anti-semitic conspiracy because in the Wingdings font, typing in “NYC” results in “☠✡?”.
JYykB TIL the U.S. Constitution forbids members of Congress from holding ‘any office under the United States’ concurrent with their congressional service. Legal scholars have concluded that individuals holding military commissions should be barred from serving in Congress.