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TIL Lake Tahoe is home to the oldest petroglyphs ever discovered in North America and a mummy three times as old as the Egyptian mummy King Tut.

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xVxMk TIL the late king of Jordan was an avid Amateur Radio operator who regularly interacted with people around the world. Taking conversations from anyone who had the privilege of having his JY1 call sign respond he never allowed anyone to call him King on the net, and helped the hobby gain members.
KYEXa TIL that Prince is credited for “discovering” Carmen Electra when she began her career as a singer after moving to Minneapolis where they met and he produced her self-titled debut studio album, released in 1993.
rREMw TIL Charles Schulz was not a fan of Santa Claus, that's why the original Christmas special is about the Nativity and the Halloween special is about a Santa like figure not showing up.
XjoE TIL the German government will lose copyright of Hitler’s infamous book “Mein Kampf” in 2016, which means they can no longer uphold their 70-year-old ban on it. Germany is already threatening to ban any educational rerelease of the book out of fear it will “advance” the Nazi ideology again.
xVGA5 TIL that Prague is well known for its defenestrations, in which someone or a group of people are thrown out of a window. These defenestrations have historically been responsible for both wars and peace within the nation, as well as the deaths of prominent figures.