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Today I Learned that Hebrew was once an extinct language and remains as the only successfully revived language.

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1a8ZP TIL War for the Spartans was in some ways a respite from the strict schedule of their everyday lives and was almost seen as a holiday. Physical exercise was less rigorous, they were allowed a regimen less rigid and in the afternoons, they held competitions, sang hymns and recited poetry.
JPJB TIL that when glass breaks, the cracks move at 3,000 miles per hour, almost Mach 4.
l70B TIL Seth McFarlane also wrote (many, if not all) episodes of Johnny Bravo and Dexter’s Laboratory, as well as a couple Cow and Chicken episodes! =D
69v67 TIL Keith Moon and Mama Cass died in the same bed room at the same age. (At different times obviously)
o04K TIL The reason Popeye eats spinach is because of an error in the calculation of its iron content by chemist Erich von Wolf in 1870. He misplaced a decimal point, recording iron as having 35mg of iron per 100g, instead of its true value of 3.5mg/100g. The former is equal to eating part of a paperclip