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

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Y7mBP TIL that the story of Popeye eating spinach due to a misplaced decimal point over reporting its iron content is a myth. The correct iron value was already well known and nowhere did Popeye mention eating spinach because of its iron content.
69p4W TIL Mount Everest grows in height by 4mm (0.16in) every year
16K04 TIL: that during a dissociative fugue, a person can suddenly travel far from home, assume a new identity, and live for days or even weeks without any memory of their former life.
DbNV TIL the Bamiyan Buddha statues taken down by the Taliban in 2001 have been recreated using holographic 3D Laser Light Projection
b9Ao0 TIL when filming "The Lost Patrol" in Arizona, the cast only worked in early morning and late afternoon, to avoid the intense day heat. The producer wanted longer filming hours, and to prove his point, walked around in the open at midday. He soon collapsed from the heat, requiring hospital treatment