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TIL An ER doctor received so many patients from an Amazon Warehouse in Allentown, PA he reported it to OSHA for unsafe working conditions.

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0wb15 TIL That Tanis - The "Lost City" was made famous by the Indiana Jones movie Raiders of the Lost Ark, is a real city and located in the Nile Delta northeast of Cairo, was capital of the 21st and 22nd dynasties, during the reign of the Tanite kings in Egypt's Third Intermediate period.
J4GV TIL as a nod to Spielberg - who placed a kid wearing Yoda costume in his movie E.T. - George Lucas made E.T.’s race a part of the Galactic Senate in Phantom Menace
mxevR TIL of Alexander of Abonoteichus, a roman era cult leader who made people believe a sock-puppet was a snake-god. He was so influential even the emperor joined his cult, and the few sceptics who opposed him were christians, epicureans and writer Lucian of Samosata, who tried to expose him as a fraud
edRk TIL that “Beats” Headphones cost roughly $14 to make and can sell for upwards of $450
grVAy TIL that in 2021, China instituted rules stating that cities with populations of less than 3 million people can't build skyscrapers taller than 492 ft, and for cities above 3 million, no new skyscrapers can be taller than 1,640 feet.