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TIL there is an astronomical “stone circle” in Australia which may be older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids.

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0dpBL TIL the studio behind the movie Se7en proposed a sequel called "Ei8ht" where a suddenly psychic Morgan Freeman chases an also psychic serial killer. The idea was dropped after director David Fincher replied, "I would be less interested in that than I would in having cigarettes put out in my eyes."
N7erN TIL In 2015, more people died from selfie related deaths than shark attacks in Australia
pYeGZ TIL of the Dutch nurse Lucia de Berk, who was falsely convicted of killing 4 children under her care. She spent 6 years in jail before she was exonerated.
XLJk TIL The Queen and Margaret Thatcher once wore the same dress, much to the prime minister’s horror. To avoid such an embarassment again, she ordered her staff to ask the Palace what the Queen would be wearing. The Palace declined, saying “Her Majesty never notices what other people wear.”
1aWGr TIL despite the title of the 1990 novel and 1993 movie "Jurassic Park", most of the dinosaurs depicted in these sources were from the Cretaceous period, not Jurassic.