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TIL that the Great Sphinx of Giza was carved from a single mass of limestone exposed when workers dug a horseshoe-shaped quarry in the Giza plateau.

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OO1a TIL Anne Frank’s father attempted to seek asylum in the US.
4Al6 TIL: In a 2006 investigation, roughly 250 members of the US Defense Department were found to have purchased child pornography. The Pentagon refused to investigate.
aYgM TIL: In Wales in 1950 a man was wrongfully executed for the murder of his wife and daughter. It is the reason capital punishment is outlawed in the UK today
4X5Rw TIL the colour for the #1 song "Blue" by Eiffel 65 was picked at random and the lead singer was told to write nonsensical lyrics
a8MW0 TIL Pedongi, an Indian Army Service Corps mule, was captured by Pakistan during the 1971 Indo-Pak war. She later defected back to Indian lines with a Pakistani MMG and two boxes of ammo and was later awarded Vir Chakra, India's third highest military award.