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TIL There is no archaeological evidence whatsoever that suggests Jews were ever enslaved in Egypt

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xdBw TIL St Paul’s Cathedral in London can be seen from King Henry’s Mound, 16 km (10 miles) away. No building obstructing this view is allowed to be built by law.
4XmMb TIL that the Persian Empire counted how many soldiers in a battle died through counting the arrows that each soldier would place in a basket before a battle. When the soldiers came back, they each picked up an arrow and the remaining arrows would be counted to calculate the total amount of deaths
EgnRo TIL that Anthony Gignac, a con artist who managed to defraud funds of $8.1 million over several years by posing a member of the Saudi royalty, was only caught after the supposed Muslim prince ordered pork at a restaurant.
JKBj TIL of a boat carrying horses for transportation that was shipwrecked, but the horses on it swam to a nearby island. The horses have since lost all domestication and the island has a population of more than 450 wild horses today
Eo9w TIL they’re building a 17 story tall waterslide that will propel a tube full of 4 people down at 65 mph