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QNVd6 TIL that a 1958 earthquake in Alaska triggered a landslide which caused the water to reach heights ("runup") of over 500m, or over 1,640 ft
89j8 TIL that in 2009 archaeologists discovered elephants, baboons, wildcats and other animals buried in the ancient city of Hierakonpolis, Egypt. It was possibly the world’s first zoo-like environment, dating back to 3500 B.C.
W7x1A TIL that the reason Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it 'macaroni' was because at one time macaroni was slang for something very fashionable or trendy
Oo7De TIL about the History of Central Asia
rRRMM TIL Shakespeare used the word honorificabilitudinitatibus in one of his plays