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TIL the builders of the Greate Pyramids of Gizah (2500 BC) were not in their time called "pharaoh". The title is first recorded over 1000 years later.

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4kLA5 TIL of Louis, Duc D’Orléans, the brother of King Charles the VII who accidently set fire to 6 dancers at his brother's party with a torch. 4 of the 6 dancers died. One jumped into a wine barrel and the King who was one of the dancers was saved by his niece when she covered him with her dress.
EgMpp TIL the most popular first name is the world is Maria, with one in every 119 people bearing the name. But coming in third is "Mohammed", which also ranks fifth when spelled "Muhammad," sixth when spelled "Mohamed" and eighth when spelled "Mohammad."
dDLEB TIL that those little cracks you see in dried out soil are called "dessication cracks," or simply "mudcracks."
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yw0a TIL of the Romansch language. Spoken only in a small part of the Swiss Alps, it is a direct descendant of the Vulgar Latin used by the Roman Imperial troops garrisoned there.