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

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4RY5 TIL when burning pressure treated wood, not only is the smoke toxic, but the ash produced is so toxic that a tablespoon of it can kill a full grown man.
yAgv TIL parts of France were so devastated in WWI they were declared permanently uninhabitable: zone rouge.
Kv8a TIL that Philip J Fry from Futurama is named after Matt Groening’s father “Homer Philip Groening”, not after Phil Hartman.
GAReE TIL Barbara Eden of I Dream Of Jeannie fame is a descendant of Benjamin Franklin.
E198P TIL: Pilots of the SR-71 Blackbird were often tasked to fly over heads of state triggering a shockwave to remind countries what they were doing was against US policy