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neEnB TIL the Lincoln Cathedral in England was, upon completion in 1311, the first and only structure in the world built taller than the Great Pyramid of Giza, which had held the record since the 2560s BC. The Cathedral lost its record in 1548 because the top fell off from wind.
6EDPm TIL more than half the US states have laws requiring employers to give people time off to vote. Some states even require the employer to pay your wages while you're voting!
x6av0 TIL that the chocolate makers J.S. Fry & Sons had a famous advert featuring a crying boy who becomes happy after having chocolate. The boy was actually forced to cry after having an ammonia soaked cloth wrapped around his neck by his dad, who then took a photograph of this used in the advert.
ADgdw TIL that the source of the mythical Jackalope may have been a virus that causes rabbits produce horn-like growths.
640X TIL that a man broke into Buckingham Palace. While eating cheddar cheese, he viewed the royal portraits, sat on the throne for a while, and drank half a bottle of wine before he became tired and left.