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TIL about Pharaoh Akhenaten who attempted to upend centuries of tradition by forcing the people of Egypt to abandon their pantheon of gods in favor of worshipping a single deity, Aten. After his death, monuments were dismantled, his statues destroyed, and his name excluded from lists of rulers.

NXv0b TIL that the first ever Harley Davidson was built in 1903, and a tomato can was used as its carburetor.
awaWo TIL that if you catch a home run ball from the visiting team at Wrigley Field you are expected to throw it back
ZP8p TIL in 1953, there was only 53K of RAM in the entire world.
xVe05 TIL a woman scratched an itch, all the way through her skull and into her brain.
VNGD TIL: Lichen is a combination of algae and fungus growing together and forming a new life form