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

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x9Vb TIL that Pinball was removed from Windows because it had a rounding error in the 64 bit version of XP. The code was written by an outside company and it had no comments whatsoever, so they decided to scrap it instead of spending time trying to figure out how the code worked.
5jD TIL one of the most prolific serial killers in history (who killed at least 300 young girls) was released on a $50 bail, is currently free, and likely still killing
9wKwX TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger's salary for Terminator 2: Judgement Day was paid mostly by buying him a $12.75 million Gulfstream III jet
PYDjG TIL of Bijon Setu massacre of 1982, where 16 monks and one nun were killed and then set on fire in broad daylight in Kolkata, India. The crime remains unsolved.
6Ep4J TIL that the kings of Spain had bizarre rules of etiquette during the late middle ages. It's no wonder that poor king Philip the third, literally got roasted to death while sitting near the fire because his chamberlain was not present and no one else there dared to reduce the heat out of fear.