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TIL That Egyptians had two types of writing, not just hieroglyphics.

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xkj0 TIL In 1945, Japanese radar operators detected a small number of incoming US planes (which carried the nuclear bombs to be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki), but decided not to intercept them as the small number of planes were not seen as a threat.
4vA5 TIL there is a charity organization that makes porn to protest against tropical deforestation. Their name: Fuck For Forest
Zpxyp TIL KFC sent a painting to a guy of himself riding the Colonel piggyback while holding a drumstick for figuring out why they only follow the Spice Girls and 6 guys named Herb on Twitter
GAGNE TIL that the actor who starred in 'The Great Train Robbery' (1903), retired from the cinema to work as a milkman, after appearing in more than 70 movies. 'The Great Train Robbery' was one of the earliest silent Westerns, and the actor famously shocked audiences by pulling the trigger at the camera.
Z8yPY TIL that a holocaust denial group offered $50,000 to anyone who could prove that gas chambers were used to intentionally kill people at Auschwitz. They were forced by a judge to pay that money, and an additional $40,000, to Auschwitz survivor Mel Mermelstein who provided proof of that very fact.