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TIL that Virginia is home to a foam replica of Stonehenge named “Foamhenge”

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wLx5P TIL that in this famous photo of a man being executed in the Vietnam War, both the executioner and the executed have the exact same Family name: Nguyễn. The reason for the brutal summary execution was because he had slit the throats of a military leader and his entire family, all also named Nguyễn.
neEko TIL Jeopardy doesn't want the contestants to sweat on TV, so they pump cold air into the studio during filming. They've gone as far as making contestants stand in ice buckets to prevent them from sweating.
Ooj5a TIL chimpanzees are about four times as strong as humans.
vBjK TIL Finnish has no gender-specific pronouns, oftentimes causing them to call someone a “he” instead of “she” in English.
kOlQE TIL that methane bubbles can become frozen in place in many lakes such as Lake Baikal in Russia. The ice thickness there can reach 2 m/6.5 ft during the peak of winter coldness, trapping millions of cubic feet of methane gas under the ice until Spring arrives.