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TIL That Trippy Green Code in ‘The Matrix’ Is Just a Bunch of Sushi Recipes

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epkG6 TIL that natural disasters increase fertility rates
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4J7N TIL Cambyses II of Persia used cats to fight a battle. Against the Egyptians in the battle of Pelusium in 525 BC he ordered his men to paint cats on their shields and brought 100’s of cats to his front lines. The Egyptian archers refused to fire on the cats as injuring one was punishable by death.
XEQ9D TIL in spite of rumours of their enemity, Salieri and Mozart composed together a four-minute piece of music, that was considered lost until a copy was found in 2015
GYoX4 TIL U.S Route 666, nicknamed "The Devil's Highway" was renamed to Route 491 in 2003, and within days of the announcement all the old signs containing the number 666 were stolen as souvenirs.