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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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D1rDj Only 15 of the 50 fastest ever 100m times were run by an athlete NOT banned for drugs or missed tests. All 15 were Usain Bolt.
LQeVP TIL that even folk tales are classified as per the Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) index which catalogues them into 2399 classes based on the overarching theme (animal, magical, religious and so on). For example Cinderella is ATU type 510.
ADYRa TIL that the family of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. do not believe that James Earl Ray assassinated King and that the Mafia, local, state and federal government agencies were involved. They even urged for Ray be granted a new trial.
m1jp TIL that putting the suffix “azo” on the end of any noun in Spanish means to hit something with it.
16Zpd TIL that the largest man made nuclear explosion shattered glass 480 miles away and was visible from both Greenland and Alaska