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TIL Today I found out that ancient pyramids existed outside of Egypt too."

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YQ1A TIL There is a Village in Japan named Fox Village and it is Full of Foxes that run around and play together.
XekD TIL that Fountain Hughes lived through slavery, the Civil War, World War 1, World War 2, and the beginning of the Cold War.
N7lJP TIL about the Great Stork Derby, a contest held by a Toronto financier and practical joker which bequeathed the residue of his significant estate to the woman in Toronto who could produce the most children in the decade following his death. Two women won and were each given $1.91m in today's dollars
DbbP TIL that in June 2004, every subscriber of Reason Magazine received a personalized issue that had their name and a satellite photo of their home or workplace on the cover.
yQoXw TIL that the measly 20W signal from Voyager 1, the equivalent of a fridge light-bulb, can be distinguished from background radiation in the sky almost instantly, despite being 11 billion miles away