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TIL In El Salvador there is an archeological site called Joya de Cerén which is nicknamed “The Pompeii of North America” because it was buried by a volcanic eruption around 600 AD. To date, a total of 18 structures have been identified and 10 have been completely or partially excavated.

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dDEoj TIL: The EU plans to connect the rivers Seine and Scheldt with a 107 km long canal in a project more ambitious than the Panama Canal, creating one continuous inland water transport system from the English Canal to the Black Sea
8k7L TIL in 1999 Matthew McConaughey was arrested at 2:45AM loudly playing bongo drums, Nude and highly intoxicated. He was charged with Drug Possession charges, but was eventually let go with only noise ordinance charges and only $50 fine
b9aM4 TIL that Marjorie Post heiress to the Post Cereal Company purchased the patents from Clarence Birdseye and created Birds Eye Frozen Foods. Post also developed a means to deliver the frozen foods Nationally via Train and also invented the see through freezers at Grocery Stores for visibility.
kE6B TIL That scientists in the US and UK released large amounts of bacteria thought to be harmless to simulate biological attacks. The bacteria weren’t harmless and doctors were puzzled by mysterious infections. At least one person is confirmed to have died in relation to the bacteria.
l77mK TIL 'The Epic of Sundiata' is a historical poem that has been performed for over 780 years across West Africa. Studied in schools of many nations in the region today, it tells how Sundiata Keita founded the Mali Empire (1235-1670). Over centuries it has been translated in Arabic, French and English.