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TIL about the Horsey Horseless, an early car that had a wooden horse’s head attached to it

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9wOVm TIL that there is an Ancient Egyptian text from around 1000 BCE titled "The Immortality of Writers," including the quote "Man decays, his corpse is dust. All his kin have perished; But a book makes him remembered through the mouth of its reciter."
jNM7N TIL that in 1948, Congress authorized a study on heart health. The town of Framingham, MA was selected and residents began what is now one of the longest longitudinal medical studies in history. Five generations later, the Framingham Heart Study continues to provide valuable insights.
yQLGJ TIL: Getting hit in the testicles isn't more painful than labor or childbirth
R70j TIL Australia has the largest population of camels in the world
YpoVW TIL Egyptians' sun god Khepri was scarab-faced because they believed that in the same way as the beetle pushes large balls of dung along the ground, Khepri moved the newly-born sun across the sky