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TIL Archaeologists Discovered a 4,000-Year-Old Tomb in Egypt Containing Funerary Goods from Multiple Centuries, Offering a Unique Glimpse into Ancient Burial Practices

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gM1r8 TIL We are closer to the date when The Jetsons is set (2062), than the original airing date of the series (1962)
l7veA TIL single people around the age of 40 going forward tend to live happier and more fulfilling lives than those in relationships around the same age.
pypA TIL there is a hungarian nazi terrorist group called Betyársereg, whom you can call if you are in “trouble” and their squad will come and help you out. They don’t charge for their “services” if Roma people are involved.
b9aw7 TIL the Senkwekwe Center in Congo is the world’s only facility specifically created to care for orphaned mountain gorillas. Named after a family of gorillas that were brutally murdered in 2007, it is the only place in the world where mountain gorillas have been documented to thrive in captivity.
DQ8Br TIL: Because of a combination of a change of a drug used, and over EIGHT failed attempts to get a vein, Clayton Lockett suffered through every bit of pain during his botched lethal injection.