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TIL The Backstreet Boys and N'SYNC were created by the same man to be rivals to each other.

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kO6Y5 TIL the Valyrian languages spoken in the TV show, Game of Thrones, was developed by linguist David J. Peterson based on the few words author George R. R. Martin put in the novels. The fully developed language now provides additional Valyrian translations to Martin for use in his forthcoming novels.
0wy5j TIL Sardinians split off from mainland Europeans about 4300-7000 years ago and have remained largely isolated genetically. They're the closest proxy to the Early European farmers who migrated all over Europe from Anatolia, introduced agriculture, and mostly replaced the European hunter-gatherers
nwKG TIL Lizards can’t walk and breathe at the same time
a86Pb TIL about Hans Redl, who lost his left arm in World War II in 1943. He went on to compete in the Wimbledon tennis championships after the war, advancing to the fourth round.
oB68L TIL In ancient Rome, masters discouraged slaves from running away by putting a tattoo reading "Stop me! I am a runaway!" on their foreheads.At a temple of the Greek god of healing, thousands of tablets from escaped slaves asking the god to make the tattoos on their forehead disappear have been found