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TIL The Rosetta Stone, which was used to learn to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics, contained text about tax exemptions for temples and priests.

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b6xBE TIL about Kofola, a carbonated "cola" drink created in the former Czechoslovakia. In contrast with its direct competitors, it contains 30% less sugar and 56% more caffeine.
v4jK TIL an autistic kindergartner, his mother, and his grandmother were handcuffed at a school. The child was taken to a psych ward and the grandmother had a rib broken, all because of a 5 y/o tantrum that wasn’t handled properly by the school.
78O9r TIL of the Bonnacon, a legendary creature with the head and body of a bull, but with horns curled inwards, making them useless for fighting. As such, it would run away from hunters and predators, squirting caustic/fiery excrement up to 2000ft (600m) in it's wake
MeGOa TIL there is a cave in Romania that has been isolated for 5.5 million years and contains more than 30 species that exist nowhere else in the world, that had been leaving with an air different than ours.
5VyZP TIL Keanu Reeves was only offered the role of "Neo" in The Matrix after six leading actors turned it down including Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Will Smith, Nicolas Cage, Val Kilmer and Sandra Bullock