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TIL before Suez Canal, there existed Canal of the Pharaohs, closed in 767 CE

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JQN8 TIL that after reducing her size 34DD breasts to 34C 5 years ago, 2014 French Open runner up Simona Halep has moved up 450 places in the world rankings.
nrOG TIL female black widow spiders rarely eat their partners after mating and much of the documented evidence for mate cannibalism has taken place in laboratory cages where the males could not escape.
X0YXQ TIL that Catherine of Braganza, wife of England’s King Charles II, used to sip tea as part of her daily routine, she came from Portugal where tea was already popular. The young queen's habit of sipping tea made the beverage popular in England as a social drinkable rather than as a health tonic.
grMKb TIL On July 14, 1935 Penelope Powell and Graham Balcombe made what is considered to be the first cave dive. It was conducted at Wookey Hole in England. This historic site is still open to the small membership of divers belonging to the Cave Divers Group
pdeA TIL a man wore 70 items of clothing at an airport to avoid a baggage charge