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TIL a huge ancient Mayan city has been discovered in Guatemala and it holds one of the world´s largest pyramids.

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NXbvN TIL in 1915, a farmer watched his sister make mascara with coal and petroleum jelly and decided he could improve upon the product. He invented a new formula that doesn't cause eye irritation. He named the new company Maybelline after his sister Maybel and the base ingredient Vaseline...
NXQdM TIL that in 1992, the Giant Gold Mine in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories in Canada was victim to an explosion done by an angry miner in retaliation of co-workers crossing the picket line as the mine was on strike.
BQmr TIL The Censored Eleven, eleven Loony Toons cartoons witheld from syndication in 1968, were only shown past that as a special presention in a single theater in 2010 (Now available on Youtube)
OoDKX TIL that the people on house hunters already bought a house before the show and the rest is staged
XERrP TIL that most laundry detergents are blue because the dye cancels out "yellowing".