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TIL ancient Egyptians used meteorites as jewelry
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TIL the first deaf person in recorded history was a painter
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TIL the name for “fear of cats” is “ailurophobia” and “felinophobia.” Why? Because “airluros” was what Greeks called Bastet, the Egyptian cat goddess.
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TIL that in 1969, at the height of the Cold War, the Apollo 11 crew carried commemorative medals to the moon to honor two Soviet cosmonauts who died as part of the USSR's human spaceflight program
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TIL Thai fisherman have figured out a way to adapt their eyes to see clearly underwater without the aid of goggles or swim masks.
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TIL that researchers at Yale have demonstrated that human babies might naturally have some sense of morality (as opposed to all moral standards existing only thanks to environmental factors).