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TIL world largest pyramid is partly underground and is in Mexico, Cholula.

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Br8xe TIL that during the Battle of the Bulge in 1944, there was a truce made between 3 desperate American soldiers and some Germans after a woman had taken them in her cabin for care.
Z6BB TIL that the Bob Marley’s Redemption song refrain “Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free the mind” quotes a speech given in Nova Scotia by African American civil rights activist Marcus Garvey in 1937.
OoPE7 TIL that 14 of the 60 residents of the village of New Rome, Ohio were police officers. The police department's only purpose was issuing traffic tickets, and they brought in around $400,000 a year, mostly by citing drivers for things such as improperly tinted windows. The town was dissolved in 2004.
7Enr TIL that Queen guitarist Brian May developed hepatitis from a tainted needle in 1974, almost forcing him to have his arm amputated. He eventually regained his health in time to help his bandmates finish the album which contained their first megahit, “Killer Queen”.
xVnp1 TIL the Swastika represents 'Good Luck' and 'Well-being' and was even used in Western Culture before WW2