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TIL that the decline of the Maya may have been strongly attributed to inter-city warfare, and hieroglyphs in 2002 tell the story.

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ANxrx TIL: Today I learned that 2x4 wood is actually called 4x2 in some countries (such as UK).
xynD TIL five men agreed to stand directly under an exploding nuclear bomb.. All of them walked away unscathed.
wb5W TIL of Zimmerit, a putty-like coating containing sawdust which some German tanks in WWII were covered with in order to prevent magnetic mines from sticking to them.
8rBL TIL The point of giving back to back life sentences is so that if evidence is overturned in a murder for one sentence; the convicted must still serve for the other(s)
GYwZJ TIL that "mile" derives from Latin "miles passus", meaning "thousand paces". In the same way, "kilo" derives from Greek and also means thousand. Thus, depending on which language you say "thousand" in, you are talking about either weight or distance.