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TIL that the Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Arabic, Devanagari, Thai, Armenian, Mongolian, Hebrew, and Tibetan writing systems (among others) are all descended from Egyptian hieroglyphs.

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6EMAl TIL In 1977 Tony Kiritsis held Richard Hall hostage for 63 hours before surrendering, Kiritsis was found not guilty by reason of insanity. At the time of the trial, Indiana law required the prosecution to prove the defendant sane, the law has subsequently changed so defense has to prove insanity.
neZrG TIL the Hogwarts Express train in Harry Potter ACTUALLY exists in real life
Ro7l TIL that child labor is still legal in the USA agriculture sector
b6WDj TIL that the segment in Spirit, Stallion of the Cimarron where the horse is captured by Americans is an unflinching allegory for residential schools.
mkLY TIL that an Australian man living by a cliff has prevented around 160 suicides in his 50 years of living there, by striking up a conversation with people contemplating suicide and inviting them to his house for tea.