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TIL that there are between two and seventeen pyramids, and 3000 structures (the possible remains of an ancient city) still buried under the sands of Egypt.

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OG0LL TIL Milhouse first appeared in a Butterfingers commercial before actually appearing on "The Simpsons"
a87VN TIL that Elizabeth Holmes' father was an executive at Enron, a corporation which famously collapsed after it was discovered that they had continually and egregiously defrauded both their own investors and the federal government.
nJKY TIL There is a jail vigilante named T-Bone who beats up jail rapists
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