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TIL Cleopatra had a special lipstick made for her, consisting of a crushed mixture of ants and deep red carmine beetles.

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J1jAj TIL that the Hope Diamond was once owned by King Louis XIV of France. Louis purchased the diamond in 1668, and started wearing it in 1673, after which it became known as the "French Blue". It was set in gold, and suspended on a neck ribbon, which King Louis XIV wore on ceremonial occasions.
worD8 TIL all eukaryotic cells contain a complex machine made of proteins called the proteasome. It is made up of several "chambers" where other misfolded proteins are sent and where they will be ripped apart into many small pieces as they pass through the chambers.