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R7Rm7 TIL Leonard Nimoy released multiple albums, including a two sided record titled "Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy". One side featured him singing songs as Spock; the other side featured songs related to his personal interests.
YVx TIL that the Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty concluded around 1259 BCE is the oldest written treaty that still survives today
6J4W TIL that there was once so many millipedes in Australia that it caused a train crash
W7Vk9 TIL: Nguyễn Bặc was the ancestor of the Nguyễn clan in Vietnam. Born in 924, he and his brothers became generals who suppressed the historical event known as "The Anarchy of the Twelve Warlords" leading to his status to be raised from peasant class to nobility. All 3 brothers died to treachery.
WjJY TIL French film star Brigitte Bardot has been prosecuted 5 times in France for criticizing Islam