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TIL Napolean Bonaparte’s invasion of Egypt in 1798 is a large part why we know so much about Ancient Egypt. He brought a team of 160 scientists, astronomers, engineers, architects, artists, interpreters, and printers to record and document what he found.

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XBj6 TIL Green beer bottles (Stella Artois, Heineken, etc.) greatly damage the beer inside
8elvV TIL God Save the King is one of New Zealand's two national anthems, alongside God Defend New Zealand. In contrast, apart from the UK, other Commonwealth realms solely regard it as a royal anthem. New Zealand is thus one of two countries with two national anthems, the other is Denmark.
DAkV TIL of a plot to kill a man by giving him unlimited drinking credit and thus making him drink himself to death. He wouldn’t die even after they tried serving him antifreeze, turpentine, rat poison etc. He is known as ‘Durable Mike Malloy’ or 'Iron Mike’.
0gwL TIL that portobello mushrooms are the same as regular button mushrooms, just older!
QJJ89 TIL Japanese rail workers use a technique called "point and call" to increase mindfulness in their operations and reduce railway accidents.