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TIL that human eggs cells are large enough to see without a microscope!

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epxbE TIL of Herxheim, a mass grave/ritual center dating back to ~5000 BC. It is estimated that >1000 individuals were cannibalized at this site as ritual sacrifices.
R7jv8 TIL As a defensive measure Israel installed an underwater pipe system to pump flammable crude oil into the Suez Canal, thereby creating a sheet of flame. On the eve of the Yom Kippur War, teams of Egyptian frogmen blocked the underwater openings with concrete before launching their attack
6lYY TIL “Macho Man” Randy Savage’s first wrestling persona was named “The Spider” and resembled Spider-Man. He would later square off against Spider-Man in the 2002 film.
DQGRJ TIL that from 1997 to 2000, the Tampa Bay (Devil) Rays once had a minor league affiliate who played in the same city as their MLB club -- the St. Petersburg Devil Rays of the Florida State League.
gMR6W TIL that the GEICO gecko's name is Martin (after the company's ad agency)