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TIL: About Rock cairns and why the National park service recommends that you do not use them as a guide for hikes

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e05pE TIL that the movie “Mars Attacks” is based off of a Topps trading cards series
ne4ZP TIL of Frances Gabe. In the 1980s, she built and patented the world’s only self-cleaning home. The patent contained 68 inventions. She died in obscurity last year at 101 years old.
AN9gl TIL that Vodafone paid over 185 billion euros in stock to purchase German company Mannesmann at the peak of the telecommunications bubble in 2000. Vodafone today has a market cap of around 22 billion euros.
6PJW TIL Chinese checkers is a a German variation of an American game. It was later introduced to the Chinese by the Japanese.
Wk8oN TIL of Gnosticism, a early form of Christianity that viewed Yahweh as a evil, lesser god who created the material universe (which was purposely flawed) . They believed Jesus saved them from Yahweh to meet the one, true God who was shrouded in mystery. This was condemned as heresy by the early church