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TIL that Tutankhamun’s successors tried to erase his name from history. This meant his memory was preserved as the location of his tomb was forgotten, hiding it from robbers. It remained virtually untouched for thousands of years until its discovery in 1922.

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XEkjX TIL: Leonard Jerome (Winston Churchill's grandfather) defended The NY Times with a gatling gun during the New York Draft Riots.
nW6x7 TIL that the university of vermont hosted ice bowling in their stadium. it had rubber balls, hockey masks, and slippery floors
b9jX0 TIL in 800 million years, photosynthesis will no longer be possible on earth and all animals and plants will go extinct. Single celled organisms will dominate the earth once again.
xVevo TIL of Victoria Woodhull who was the first woman to run for president in the 1872 election by the newly formed National Woman's Suffrage Association. On the day before the election, she was arrested for "publishing an obscene newspaper" and was unable to cast a vote for herself.
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