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TIL in a eureka moment worthy of Dr. Frankenstein, scientists discovered that two 3,000-year-old mummies in Scotland were actually made from the remains of six people.

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Kjmw TIL Dutch drivers are taught to open the car door with their right hand, so they have to look over their left shoulder, allowing them to see a bicyclist before they accidentally “door” them.
WkAd9 TIL of Justo Gallego, a Spanish man who's spend nearly the last 60 years building a cathedral by himself from materials he found in the area.
m1kDE TIL Boeing offered to install solid rockets on their early 727-200 airliners back in the 1960s and 1970s. These were for emergency thrust in the event of an engine failure during takeoff at high altitude airports. Only twelve 727s ever had them, all with Mexicana Airlines for use at Mexico City.
Qwaa TIL that a one-way ticket between the United States and Germany on the Hindenburg cost $400, equivalent to roughly $6,900 today.
nWk1r TIL that in response to "Brown vs Board of Education", the State of Georgia passed legislation to close de-segregated public schools, to abolish attendance requirements for desegregated schools, and to fund the establishment of white-only 'private schools' in their place.