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TIL: Repeats of the 180-episode sitcom Seinfeld has generated over $3 billion in syndication royalties.

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nWgMd TIL about mummy unwrapping parties. They were social events popular among the Victorian elite, where Egyptian mummies were ceremoniously unwrapped for entertainment.
8G0a TIL through years of natural selection due to epidemics in Europe, a percentage of people of European decent carry the gene CCR5. Of that population, some have a CCR5-32 Delta mutation which makes them immune to HIV.
a8b9 TIL: A series of hieroglyphics exists on Easter Island which remain untranslated
8aWBX TIL Joni Mitchell recorded an album called "Hejira," written on a car trip from Maine to Los Angeles. "Hejira" is also the word for Mohammed's journey from Mecca to Medina.
b6MwQ TIL Montgomery's memoirs criticised many of his wartime comrades harshly, including Eisenhower. After publishing it, he had to apologize in a radio broadcast to avoid a lawsuit. He was also stripped of his honorary citizenship of Alabama, and was challenged to a duel by an Italian lawyer.