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TIL Sanskrit & Greek originated from the same language.

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pYE8A TIL that before alarm clocks were common, people known as "knocker-uppers" were employed to wake workers by tapping on their windows with long sticks.
Yp6aW TIL Kombat is regarded as one of the most iconic Soviet World War II photographs, yet neither the date nor the subject is known with certainty. According to the most widely accepted version, the photograph depicts Aleksei Yeryomenko's counterattack minutes before his death on 12 July 1942.
y1M8 TIL that honey bees ejaculate so forcefully that their penises explode. This kills the honey bee.
vOOj TIL There were no red M&Ms from 1976 till 1986
1ed7 TIL that a man who was burned by the burning mat at Burning Man tried to sue the event’s organizers, claiming that they should have prevented him from walking into the fire.