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TIL that inscribed pottery from the Middle Kingdom of Egypt list three human genders.

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M7yLV TIL Humans domesticated Cannabis 12,000 years ago. More than 3,000 years before we domesticated Maize (Corn)
Lkx1v TIL: That in 2018, James Cordier from optionssellers.com lost the entire $150 million hedge fund he managed making a bad play on natural gas and crude oil. He didn't hedge properly and lost everything. He put out this apology video, offering to buy clients lunch. He forgot to take off his Rolex.
N7n18 TIL Himalayan cliff bees in Nepal produce hallucinogenic honey know as "Mad Honey" and it's effects are comparable to magic mushrooms and LSD.
NVMJ TIL surrogate alcohol is a thing, and a huge problem in Russia, where people will drink shoe polish, hairspray and cologne, 40,000 people per year die from alcohol poisoning there
jNwQj TIL Area 51 is just a cover. The really secret base is Area 52, the Tonopah Test Range 70 miles to the North, which is regarded by some as being the most secret covert Black Projects base in the USA.