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TIL Sudan had approximately 255 pyramids, twice the amount in ancient Egypt.

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da79 TIL in 1947, a British South American Airways flight was flying normally over the Andes Mnts., 4 minutes from landing, but then it sent a morse code message ‘STENDEC’ three consecutive times, then vanished, the wreckage not to be found for 50 years. To this day, what 'STENDEC’ meant is a mystery.
ZpDj4 TIL George Low was a top engineer for the Apollo moon landing team and his son David became a three-time shuttle astronaut
1aJr7 TIL in the 1960s, two doctors made a taxidermy female turkey to see what attracted a male. They discovered almost nothing stopped the male’s advances, even when the female’s wings, feet, and legs were removed. The male even made attempts to a stick with female’s head on it.
R5bpl TIL a Nashville man known as "The Free Pizza Guy" has been giving free pizza to anyone who asks for it since 2019. As of November 18, 2020, they had sent nearly 4,000 pizzas to strangers in need.
XEGEQ TIL that Sergei Krikalev, the last Soviet Cosmonaut holds the record of most time dilation experienced by a human, having gained 22.68 seconds on his journeys to space