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TIL that the Coptic Christians who were recently attacked and continually persecuted are ironically the last guardians of the spoken ancient Egyptian language.

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OoQBg TIL that the Navajo weren't the only American code talkers during World War II. 14 Comanche code talkers landed on Normandy on D-Day. Their coded name for "Adolf Hitler" was "crazy white man."
waEM TIL that a soccer ball that was on board Space Shuttle Challenger, was recovered, and is now in orbit around Earth aboard the International Space Station
R0kQ TIL that one of the major problems of the Chrysler Turbine car was that it’s exhaust would melt the car behind it in traffic
b8pj TIL that the earliest flush toilets were used by the people of the Indus Valley Civilization (existing from approx. 3300 BC - 1700 BC). Almost every home in the ancient cities of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa had a flush toilet connected to a common sewage system.
DdYV TIL A man survived after being trapped underwater for 62 hours by using a 4 foot high air pocket