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TIL The Great Pyramid is aligned with Machu Picchu, the Nazca lines and Easter Island along a straight line around the center of the Earth

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WklA9 TIL during the Battle of Bomarsund in 1854, Charles Davis Lucas tossed a live Russian artillery shell overboard before it exploded. He would be awarded the Victoria Cross and ultimately ascend to the rank of Rear Admiral before retiring in 1873, dying in 1914 at the age of 80
epZ7E TIL about Truong My Lan, the woman who stole 3% of Vietnam's GDP
R5wMa TIL George III was the first British monarch to study the sciences as part of his education
oBraL TIL about the huge environmental impact of cut bunches of flowers due to the fact that most are grown in South America using pesticides banned in the West, trucked to and from airports, and flown around the world representing an enormous carbon footprint.
oBLQA TIL O.J. Simpson was unanimously found guilty in civil court trial in 1997. The jury ruled against Simpson on each of the eight technical questions of liability it was asked to consider, questions that Simpson had avoided to answer at his first trial in criminal court.