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TIL of the Biderman Flag, the only known Confederate flag captured in California during the Civil War

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BrZBd TIL of a serious plan to disassemble the Giza pyramids to use it as pre-cut building material in 1830s, proposed by ruler Muhammad Ali Pasha, but cleverly the plan was canceled due to false cost reports presented by his French chief engineer, who thought it would be the only way to save the pyramids
e9JL TIL: If North Dakota seceded from the US it would be the 3rd largest nuclear power in the world. (#8 on this list)
NX6JJ TIL of Victoria Cilliers - a woman who survived a 4,000 foot fall after she went skydiving and both her parachutes failed. It was later revealed that her husband was responsible for tampering with them and had tried to kill her. Victoria would go on to give key testimony at her husband’s trial.
xVgnB TIL that a Mosquito bite strengthens the human immune system
dDXnE TIL about Aaron O’Connell, who in 2010 created the worlds first quantum machine, showing us that objects visible to the naked eye can be in two seperate states at once