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TIL a new national park was created at the end of 2019

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RQM8 TIL that King Tut’s tomb was actually found by the archaeologist’s water boy.
eXWk TIL in 1938, 150 women chained themselves to cherry trees in Washington DC in protest of plans to cut the trees down to clear space for the Jefferson Memorial. The protest ended when they had to use the bathroom.
DMep TIL that Turkey violated Greek airspace no less than 2244 times in 2014
PLpL TIL that a Russian scientist got hit in the head by the proton beam in a particle accelerator and survived to tell the tale.
6EQwl TIL of the F-11 Tiger, which during flight tests managed to shoot itself down with 20mm rounds fired from his own cannon