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TIL Saudi Arabia launched solar powered light beacons in the Nafud Desert to help lost travelers find safe ground and water

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YdvG TIL there is a planned theme park in London called ‘London Paramount’ that will cost £2bn and be 1.5x the size of Disneyland and have BBC themed rides such as Doctor Who
OG0bY TIL in 2009 a 1400 year old Hoard was found in England with 11 pounds of gold. One piece was inscribed with a Bible verse translated as, “let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee." (Numbers 10:35)
Opye TIL: Massachusetts General was the first hospital in the world to use anesthetics. “Ether Day,” the anniversary of that event is still celebrated 170 plus years later by its doctors and staff annually on October 16th.
BWlx TIL the record for most weight gained by an actor for a movie is held by Vincent D'Onofrio when he gained 70 pounds for his role of Private Pyle in Stanley Kubrick’s film Full Metal Jacket
RGba TIL that a chimpanzee has been observed wearing a piece of grass into her ear, with no apparent function. After other members of her group started imitating her, researchers realised to be in presence of the first fashion statement observed in other animals.