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TIL Hezekiah's Tunnel is a collection of tunnels in the rock beneath Jerusalem. It was built around 700 BCE to prepare for a siege by the Assyrians. Some of them are still used.

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R5xEQ TIL of Sir Alex Ferguson, famous Scottish manager, who guided his team to a total of 13 League titles (~65% of all seasons in the Premier League, England’s top flight soccer league, as of his retirement). Never, in his 21 year tenure, placing outside the top 3.
DykP TIL Miami is the only major US city founded by a woman.
wLVeM TIL that the traditional breakfast of NASA astronauts is steak and eggs.
9YpgX TIL a skunk's primary natural predator is the great horned owl, since owls are thought to have little to no sense of smell.
rN6n4 TIL: Wat Misaka, a 5'7 point guard of Japanese descent was the first non-white player to play in the nba (1947)