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TIL that 38% of roadway litter is cigarette butts, the most littered item on US roadways

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m1Nrv TIL After the Royal London Wax Museum in Victoria BC closed in 2010, the museum's general manager kept more than 200 wax figures in his basement. Each one has medical grade glass eyes, real human hair, and Queen Victoria has a prominent spot at his dining table
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VBZOG TIL that the Great Wall of China was built, rebuilt, and expanded over approximately 2300 years, from the 7th century BCE to the 17th century CE, making it the longest human construction project in history
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