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

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j6wwE TIL the lead singer of "You Got It All" (1986) by The Jets, which reached number 3 on the Hot 100, was 12 when her voice was recorded for it. She had trouble emotionally connecting with the song's romantic lyrics due to her age so her manager told her to imagine that she was singing it to a puppy.
rEp0 TIL: Many of the most badass lines in the movie 300 were real historical quotes; and that dry, blunt wit has been named after that region of Grece as a result.
9YA6p TIL that the top two sumo referees, tate-gyōji, have daggers on hand while officiating matches. These daggers symbolize the referees' willingness to ritualistically disembowel themselves if a call of theirs is overruled. In modern times, they submit resignation letters when they make a poor call.
Zp0v TIL that in June 2010, a 26-year-old man in Germany dropped his pants, threw a puppy at a group of Hell’s Angels, and then tried to escape to Munich on a stolen bulldozer, causing a 3-mile-long traffic jam before being arrested.
6JBl TIL that the US Government Gave Indiana University One Million Dollars to Study Memes