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TIL that The Great Sphinx of Giza is not located in a remote region of the Egyptian desert; rather, it stares directly at a Pizza Hut and KFC located in what has become a suburb of Cairo.

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PYN1g TIL of Elasmotherium: an extinct giant hairy rhino that looked like Mudhorn from Mandalorian
neWjo TIL that when NASA sent out the Voyager spacecrafts in 1977, two golden records were included aboard which contained images, coded diagrams and sounds — including a message from President Carter — that portrayed life and culture on Earth in case any intelligent alien life form found the spacecrafts.
QJEJk TIL an Australian broadcaster banned an episode of Peppa Pig that taught that “spiders can’t hurt you” after complaints it was unsuitable for Australian audiences.
VBELG TIL that the English lost the battle of Maldon because they allowed the Vikings (who were encircled on an island) to cross a land bridge in order to have a fair battle.
E1n47 TIL over a third of the land in New Zealand is a protected National Park.