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TIL the Great Pyramid of Giza has 8 sides, not 4.

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a45o TIL there is a legend that flexible glass was invented around 20AD, when a craftsman presented Tiberius Caesar a bowl of this glass, whereupon he threw it to the ground and it did not shatter. Fearing the implications of such a material, the Caesar had the man beheaded, the formula now lost forever.
Z8ZLa TIL more land is used for opium in Afghanistan than is used for coca (the basis of cocaine) in all of Latin America
wLd56 TIL that the motto, "In God We Trust," is not the original motto of the United States. During the Cold War, it was changed from "E Pluribus Unum" ("from many, one") in an effort to differentiate the United States from atheistic communism.
Rw61 TIL when Johnny Cash realized his record label of 30 years was not properly marketing him, he recorded an intentionally awful song called “Chicken in Black” about his brain being transplanted into a chicken, as a protest. It turned out to be a bigger success than any of his other recent material
XE4bP TIL: In 1696, William III introduced a tax which required those living in houses with more than 6 windows to pay a levy.To avoid this, house owners would brick up all windows except 6. As the bricked-up windows prevented rooms from receiving any sunlight, the tax was known as daylight robbery.