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TIL that King Tut was mummified with his penis erect

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wMGW TIL In the 1960s Pakistan briefly considered changing its traffic system from driving on the left to the right. However, camel trains often drove through the night while their drivers were dozing. The difficulty in teaching old camels new tricks was decisive in forcing Pakistan to reject the change.
7XpZ TIL: The first 7 Aftrican Americans elected to Congress were all Republican
R7657 TIL It is impossible to wash clothes on board the International Space Station. It would take too much water. The astronauts wear their clothes until they are too dirty and then throw them out. All ISS waste burns up in the atmosphere on re-entry.
Va8B TIL The Dead Sea Shrinks About 3 Feet Every Year And Will Be Gone In 30 Years.
VA80 TIL the terms “fed up” “haggard” and “wrapped around your little finger” along with many others, came from medieval falconry