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TIL that Mirrors didn’t exist until circa 500 BC so the only way people knew what they looked like was by looking at their reflection in still water. Thus, water was a symbol of the self and a symbol of death.

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N70QJ TIL rock star success was once highly regional. In June 1976 Bob Seger played to 78,000 fans in Detroit, only to play to less than 1,000 in Chicago the very next day
VMJmQ TIL The ancient Greeks used to bake moon-shaped cakes to offer up to Artemis, goddess of the moon, as tribute. They decorated them with lit candles to make the cakes shine like the moon. Hence, the reason we light our birthday cakes on fire.
yMAM TIL Coffins are given priority over any other luggage on Airplanes
E1pKw TIL a Japanese zoo unsuccessfully tried to mate a pair of hyenas for four years before realizing both were males.
7VxL TIL that Earth once had rings like Saturn.