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TIL the 10th largest pyramid in the world is a bass pro shops.

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kOW5E TIL that the earliest explosion ever detected is a Gamma-ray burst from 13 billion years ago. At this point in time the universe was only 6% of its current age. It is likely to be an explosion of an early star. The light of this burst passed the earth in 2005.
eeY6 TIL Box Jellyfish have 24 eyes, and two of them are considered ‘true eyes’ complete with retinas, corneas and lenses.
xVZA5 TIL scientists believe, that just like elephants and Woolly mammoths, that rhinos had a "Woolly" counterpart as well
DQ00e TIL that when writing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl originally intended for Charlie to be black, but his agent thought it was a bad idea and made him turn Charlie white.
bm8a TIL X-Men and Star Trek had a crossover