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TIL there is a 240 square kilometer zone many believe to be the site of Genghis Khan’s grave that was guarded from Khan’s death in 1227 until 1991. Khan’s tomb has still not been found.

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9Q7m TIL The Araucana Chicken is also called the “Easter Egg Chicken” because it lays natural blue, green, pink, and brown eggs.
oBAA7 TIL the average age of a pig sent to be processed as pork is six months old
ANMex TIL Tony's Chocolate bars are unequally divided by design to represent the inequality in profits within the chocolate industry. The chunks to the bottom left corner of the bar represent Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo+Benin, Nigeria, & Cameroon + the Gulf of Guinea, source of 60% world cocoa supply.
b6yN4 TIL about Salty and Roselle, two guide dogs who became heroes on 9/11. Salty guided his owner, Omar Rivera, down 70 flights in the North Tower. Roselle led Michael Hingson from the 78th floor, navigating through smoke and debris. Both dogs helped their owners reach safety.
X00YD TIL the same artist, Jacque Louis David, painted the Death of Marat, the Oath of the Horatii, and two of the best-known portraits of Napoleon