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TIL babylonians had museums 2500 years ago

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rP1o TIL that ‘This Is Spinal Tap’ is rated out of 11 instead of 10 on IMDb because of the famous scene from the film
gr6V9 TIL 'That 70s Show' aired the first kiss between two men on network TV in the US
kvk4 TIL That “The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is listed by the Guinness Book of Records as the hardest tongue twister in the world.
e0lL6 TIL that Pangaea is only the most recent super-continent, and there have been at least 6 similar geological events termed “Wilson Cycles”