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TIL that the ratio of the perimeter of the Great Pyramid of Giza to its height is equal to 2*pi to an accuracy of better than 1 part in 3000

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nWWW9 TIL that in 1889 the US Congress created a committee with two members known as the "Committee on Disposition of Useless Executive Papers." Its job was to discard papers both members agreed weren't important and report why they weren't important. This later was replaced by the National Archives.
vPRvx TIL a modern coal powered car was invented by General Motors after gas shortages in the 70s.
rRvG0 TIL, the book "death by starvation", written by Hegesias of Cyrene, a philosopher who believed that life was futile and advocated for suicide, was so influential that it convinced a number of people to kill themselves. Subsequently, Hegesias was banned from teaching in Alexandria
nr4b TIL that the 1935 nobel peace prize was awarded to a German whistleblower who revealed their cladestine re-armament. In 1992 a German court upheld his conviction for treason & espionage
0d7Dp TIL that the average American buys 53 new pieces of clothes each year.