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TIL in 2009 Roto-Rooter released "Chilling Tales From The Porcelain Seat" - a compilation book of various unusual occurences encountered by their plumbers on the job.

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D1a5D TIL in 332 BC when Alexander the Great arrived in Egypt they did not put up a fight against him, instead saw him as a liberator from the Persian empire, he was pronounced son of the deity Amun at the Oracle of Siwa Oasis in the Libyan desert.
NKvE TIL around 70,000 years ago the volcano Toba in Indonesia erupted and covered the earth with so much ash the sun was dimmed for 6 years. The population of early humans neared extinction and some studies indicate there were as few as 40 breeding pairs.
4X9xb TIL that the actor who plays Donald Malarkey in Band of Brothers is also the voice of Steve Smith in American Dad.
69Brm TIL about Bio-Banding and the benefits in identifying talented youth sport players
X0eBr TIL that General Mills acquired Red Lobster in 1970 when they only had 5 locations.