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TIL that the biblical books of Psalms and Proverbs are likely to be copied from an older Egyptian text called "Instruction of Amenemope"

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d8GNE TIL in 1896, two locomotives were crashed on purpose as a publicity stunt. Two spectators were killed by the boiler explosion. The responsible agent was fired and reemployed on the next day because of lacking negative publicity.
KYgaG TIL Frenchman Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) was the first author to describe his work as essays; he used the term to characterize these as "attempts" to put his thoughts into writing. Subsequently, essay has been defined in a variety of ways by MyPerfectWords.
J1Jxk TIL A woman was killed by an alligator after accidentally falling in the pond while gardening
wo5Z8 TIL that women can coax out an obstinate poop by massaging the back wall of their vaginas.
Aj8l TIL more people are executed for witchcraft in modern times than in previous centuries. In Tanzania alone 20,000 ‘witches’ have been brought to death in the past 20 years.