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TIL the Great Pyramid of Giza has 8 sides, not 4.
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KYZM6
TIL the U.K. Royal Mint sells ancient coins from its huge collection
VMkpD
TIL that Honest Tea holds a yearly experiment. They set up a stand offering a bottle of tea for $1 on the honor system, and the number of drinks taken are compared to the amount of money received. Americans were roughly 90% honest, and the city of Honolulu, Hawaii was 100% honest 2 years in a row
oRNLr
TIL that on bonfire night in the UK (Nov 5), Classic FM airs a program called "Pet Classics" to help calm cats and dogs frightened by all the fireworks.
WkeX4
TIL of a Russian experiment to domesticate red foxes. As of 2016: 270 tame vixens and 70 tame males. Russian wiki says they started selling them overseas in 2011
rROX1
TIL Puritans were actually pro-sex for pleasure, and would censure parishioners who denied their partner sex or 3+ months.