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TIL Cleopatra was 18 when she married her 10 year old brother to become co-ruler of Egypt.

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X0XG8 TIL the smallest hoofed animals are called Java mouse-deer, not much bigger than ordinary rats
M7Jla TIL of wind catchers, an architectural technology dating back to 500BC Iran to passively cool buildings. Air is drawn in and out of these tall spire like structures through large slotted openings at the top. A stream of water underneath provides evaporatively cooled air which rises through the space
AJ8d TIL North Korea has a 100% literacy rate.
kJrdg TIL the Wheeling, West Virginia Suspension Bridge over the Ohio River was built in 1851 to accommodate horse and buggy crossings. For almost 170 years is was able to handle the changing vehicle traffic until a tour bus in 2019 ignored multiple warnings and got stuck under a height barrier.
OGMD6 TIL Actress Drew Barrymore is a scion of both the illustrious Drew and Barrymore acting dynasties, whose complicated family tree includes famous film and theater actors going back to the 19th Century