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TIL: Plywood was invented over 4500 years ago in Ancient Egypt

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OGVZ4 TIL that in 2020, researchers tried to determine the actual effects of ingesting George's Marvelous Medicine (from the Roald Dahl book), consisting of shampoo, anti-freeze, brown paint, floor polish, and 30 other household items. It would cause vomiting, kidney injury, convulsions, and likely death.
Y6gA TIL while filming his death in ‘Goodfellas’ Michael Imperioli cut his hand on a glass and was taken to the ER where the doctors rushed to treat his fake bullet wounds.
Z8W8R TIL that King Frederik VII of Denmark was the last monarch to rule in Denmark as an absolute monarch and that when he died childless in 1863, a succession crisis ensued.
8eRrX TIL the "heart burial" coincided with the Crusades where, rather than sending a whole body back for burial, they just transported the deceased’s heart preserved in lead or ivory boxes, often with spices to keep it from smelling too much.
GnJ7 TIL In 1933 Nazis gave 60,000 Zionist Jews $100,000,000 dollars (worth $1.6 billion in 2009) and helped them settle in Palestine.