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TIL it is possible to win Monopoly in 21 seconds

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4NDJ TIL that the pyramids being built by slaves is a myth caused by Herodotus the Greek historian and explorer when he visited Egypt 2000 years after they were built.
QNnx9 TIL about "Turkish Coffee Fortune Telling," a centuries-old tradition where people interpret the patterns left in coffee grounds to predict the future. This practice, known as tasseography, is still a popular social and cultural activity in many countries.
4N8o TIL that tribes in the Amazon are using technology like GPS and Google Earth to map their lands, monitor for illegal logging and mining, and maintain ties to their history and cultural traditions including knowledge of medicinal plants
dE7r TIL there is over 9,000,000,000,000 dollars missing from the Federal Reserve and nobody knows where it is.
167eP TIL skilled sheepdogs sell for $30,000 or more.