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TIL The Luxor Casino's light has its own ecosystem

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x6m8B TIL that it is an ancient Celtic tribe, settled in Thrace, which founded Sardica, present-day Sofia in Bulgaria.
OEre TIL in 2009 comedian Eddie Izzard ran 43 marathons in 51 days, despite having only 5 weeks training and no prior history of long distance running.
7KoZ TIL that Paul Revere actually shouted “The Regulars are coming out”, not “The British are coming”, since Massachusetts colonists still considered themselves British citizens at the time.
8XO8 TIL the word “gorilla” comes from the Greek word meaning, “a tribe of hairy women.”
rRDnd TIL of the Goldwater Rule, which keeps psychiatrists from commenting on public figures.