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TIL that when King Tut’s chariot arrived in New York back in 2010 it was classified as a vehicle and was stuck in customs for not having a Vehicle Identification Number.

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rKPx TIL that Aleksander Vinter produces music under the alias of the condition he has: Savant. He is able to produce prodigious amounts of music in a short time. Born in 1987, he has produced more than 10,000 songs. To those who haven’t listened to Savant, the music he makes is utterly mind blowing.
yQBXe TIL that there is a water bridge in Germany that connects the Elbe-Havel Canal to the Mittelland Canal, and allows ships to cross over the Elbe River
D1ogY TIL of a bacterium that does photosynthesis without sunlight. Instead it uses thermal "black-body" radiation. It was discovered in 2005 on a deep-sea hydrothermal vent, at a depth of 2400 m, in complete darkness.
m1r0M TIL that a woman named Violet Jessop survived three famous shipwrecks: the Titanic, the Britannic, and the Olympic.
mx8Qo TIL Bed Bugs almost went extinct. Before governments started banning it, DDT insecticide was the best bed bug killer available. It drove their numbers down to near extinction. Over time, populations of Bed Bugs began developing DDT resistance. Even if we started using DDT again, they're now immune.