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TIL there are more statues of lions in the world than there are actual lions

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0da1A TIL electroplating, a sophisticated technology used in microelectronic fabrication, was invented by Indigenous Americans in Peru around 500 CE. Europeans only invented this technique around 1800.
mZAO TIL in 1987 the US Government approved a project to construct world’s largest super collider. As of 2011 the construction site sits abandoned, with as a total $2 billion dollars wasted.
ADLV4 TIL Alexei Leonov, the first man to perform a spacewalk, almost wasn't able to get back in the capsule as his suit had expanded in the vacuum of space. Many problems plagued the mission including a poor landing 240mi off course forcing the 2 man crew to survive for 2 days in the freezing wilderness.
Yv1d TIL Carrie Underwood gives her phone number to the two American Idol finalists every year but never gets called
69097 TIL that Keanu Reeves has been secretly funding children's hospitals for years. He reportedly created a private foundation that aids children’s hospitals and cancer research without associating his name with it. "I don't like to attach my name to it, I just let the foundation do what it does."