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TIL the most reliable record-high IQ score ever recorded belongs to mathematician Terence Tao, with a confirmed IQ of 230.

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p8glp TIL that the Egyptian pyramids are not in the middle of the desert and just 200 meters away from the nearest neighborhood of Cairo. There even is a golf course near the foot of the Cheops pyramid.
BrkBe TIL that it is currently the year 2077 as per the Hindu Calendar,the same year in which Cyberpunk 2077 has been released.
VXEG TIL that Darth Vader’s mask was inspired by an old Swiss Army helmet.
D6EP TIL the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland once used real skeletons taken from UCLA’s Medical Center. Rumors still persist that a few of them still remains in the attraction.
EgxwW TIL the editors of prominent science journal Nature originally rejected the first research paper demonstrating MRI because the pictures were too fuzzy.