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TIL that the Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Arabic, Devanagari, Thai, Armenian, Mongolian, Hebrew, and Tibetan writing systems (among others) are all descended from Egyptian hieroglyphs.
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TIL Men in India receive a free gun licence if they get a vasectomy
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TIL that Alexander the Great, despite his military conquests and reputation as a formidable leader, was known for being influenced by Persian culture. After defeating the Persian Empire, he adopted several Persian customs, including wearing Persian clothing, marrying a Persian princess named Roxana
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TIL while trying to eclipse the Eiffel Tower for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, an inventor named J. B. McComber proposed a 8,947 foot tower which would have rails extending from the top, leading all the way to New York City, Baltimore, and Boston, on which fair-goers could toboggan all the way home
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TIL: Treadmills used to be used as punishment for prisoners in the 1800’s. The treadmills powered grain mills (hence the name treadmill) and pump water.