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TIL Most life on Earth used to be purple instead of green

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NXXEM TIL some experts believe Stonehenge was designed to line up perfectly with the sunrise on the summer solstice (21st June) as a symbol of fertility. The outer 'male' stone casts a phallic shadow that penetrates the inner stone circle and hits the recumbent ‘female’ altar stone.
Yp5bB TIL over 3,000 passengers die each year on the Mumbai commuter rail due to crowded trains and open dors
Ygnv TIL 10,000 shipping containers are lost at sea each year and 10% of those hold toxic chemicals which may leak into the ocean
rRX9W TIL 1977 was the year of the last execution by guillotine --Hamida Djandoub in France
6EbxQ TIL Madagascar has a larger population than Australia