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TIL that the Aztec Empire was one of the first societies to have mandatory education for all children regardless of gender or rank.

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aE6L TIL in the desert in Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, there are series of thousands ancient huge, wheel-shaped structures which can only be viewed from space, similar to Nazca lines in Peru
oB1Ao TIL that there was a blind bisexual goose who fell in love with two swans and helped raise 60+ of their babies
4k14N TIL about the Chinese emperor Jie of Xia. He is regarded as a tyrant, who lived a lavish lifestyle with slaves and treated his people with extreme cruelty. It was even said that while he would drink wine, it was required that he ride on someone’s back like a horse.
9w7GM TIL of the 31 US Presidents who have held military rank, 30 of them were officers. The only enlistedman among them was President Buchanan, who was a private in the War of 1812
X0Jer TIL that a study in 2010 in the UK found that "overall, alcohol was the most harmful drug...with heroin...and crack cocaine" in 2nd & 3rd places.