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TIL the cuneiform writing system, which was used by humans for millennia, was indecipherable for more than 2000 years. A British army officer decoded the language in 1837 after recording and studying symbols he found in Persian cliff-sides.

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gM0Nb TIL of the Talking Statues of Rome, where critiques & satires of authority figures were posted when they couldn't be published openly
N7RPJ Today I learned that you shouldn't put rubbing alcohol on a wound. All those screams of pain were for nothing!
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