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TIL that it was Napoleon’s army that discovered the Rosetta Stone. Which was the key to unlocking the code of Egyptian hieroglyphics, a language that had been dead for 2000 years.

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oBAxr TIL John Romero's (co-creator of Wolfenstein/Doom/Quake) great-grandmother was a crime boss in the 1920's. Starting in Sonora, Mexico, she ran brothels and had an entire empire, controlling it well past the age of 60 (but didn't like to discuss age) and expanded it as far as Tucson, Arizona,
RXOw TIL Black Garlic is made by heating whole bulbs of garlic over the course of several weeks, a process that results in black cloves. The taste is sweet and syrupy with hints of balsamic vinegar or tamarind.
Ree9 TIL The tarantula hawk stings and paralyzes a tarantula, drags the specimen to a brooding nest, and lays a single egg on the spider’s abdomen. The wasp larva hatches, creates a hole in the spider’s abdomen, and enters to feed, avoiding vital organs for as long as possible to keep the spider alive.
VMNkZ TIL Ennio Morricone refused to move to US even offered mansion for free and never learned English.
5Ynxn TIL that NASA engineers once asked Sally Ride if 100 tampons was enough for a 7 day mission