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TIL that Kelly Clarkson didn't want to win American Idol because the winner was contractually bound to make a musical rom com.

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R5jkj TIL Sudan has between 220 to 255 pyramids, which is more than twice the number of pyramids in Egypt.
9YV97 TIL about Heat Shock, the reason why the people of Pompeii didn't have a chance to flee is because Mount Vesuvius boiled their blood and caused their skulls to explode within seconds.
L0Rp TIL rats are capable of metacognition (the ability to think about one’s thoughts).
KYX76 TIL that in 1951, the future President of Botswana (then a member of the Botswanan Royal Family) and his wife were exiled to the UK for 5 years, as the South African government disapproved of their interracial marriage and the UK did not want to imperil their access to cheap resources in SA.
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