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TIL Eminem is one of the best donkey kong players.

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6EjaY TIL that George Washington missed living to see 1800 by 17 days. On Dec 12, 1799, he became ill from spending too much time in wet clothes due to not wanting to offend guests by leaving them in the rain. He died on Dec 14th and requested to be left unburied for 3 days so he wouldn’t be buried alive.
VBLX8 TIL that an Indian lawyer sued the Hindu god Rama over mistreatment of his wife Sita
jNJ6p TIL that Robin Williams had Diffuse Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinson's which [his wife believes] led him to kill himself. His wife says depression had very little to do with it.
QJxRX TIL that the "Immortals" name given to the elite army of the Achaemid Empire is due to the fact that every dead or wounded Immortal was immediately replaced by another and that they all wore the same mask, which gave the illusion that it was always the same soldiers coming back.
kJ9OB TIL that Saudi’s Arabia has destroyed several important sites in Islamic history. Including houses where Muhammad and other figures in Islamic history lived as well as what Muslims believe was the tomb of eve.