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TIL Asia has a larger surface area than the moon

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xVdnb TIL that many ancient papyri (and knowledge about Ptolemaic Egypt) were discovered after a workman, frustrated with having discovered yet another crocodile mummy, threw it and broke it, leading to the discovery that some ancient mummies were stuffed with written papyri
YmMZ TIL Leonard Nimoy directed “3 Men And A Baby”
b6RZE TIL that 50% of dementia risk is related to modifiable risk factors.
0wNJj TIL All blue-eyed people have a single ancestor in common, born around 6,000 to 10,000 years ago.
neDxY TIL Shouting FIRE! in a crowded theater isn’t illegal. In U.S. v. Schenck, SCOTUS decided a pamphlet opposing the draft in WWI posed a "clear and present danger" to a nation at war. But it was overturned 40 years later.