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TIL that Archaeologists has discovered a beautiful, huge, well-preserved stucco wall sculpture with its colors intact in Guatemala under a buried Mayan pyramid. The stucco frieze, measuring 30 feet long and 6 feet tall, is painted red, with details in blue, yellow and green.

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grjpX TIL that the Four Seasons hit "December, 1963" was originally written about the repeal of prohibition, but cowriter Bob Gaudio was forced to change it after pressure from the group. He then received help from Judy Parker, marking her first attempt at songwriting. It became the groups biggest hit.
Mebom TIL Apple’s smartphone wasn’t the first iPhone, the first was made by Cisco 22 days earlier. The Cisco “iPhone” was a VoIP device that allowed its customers to use Skype without a computer. The companies later settled the trademark lawsuit, with both keeping rights to the iPhone name.
1gW TIL that Lofoten in Norway is north of the Arctic Circle. Yet because of the largest positive temperature anomaly in the world relative to latitude it is teeming with life and has the largest deep water coral reef in the word.
oW5R TIL that Pokémon provide scholarship money to top finishers in their American and world championship leagues.
JZkB TIL that Steve McQueen staged a car crash and faked a whiplash injury so that he could film The Magnificent Seven while “recuperating”