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TIL King Tut's Mother is his Father's Sister
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TIL the word Abracadabra was originally used in ancient Rome as a cure for malaria. It wasn't spoken as we use it today, however it was written on papyrus and worn in a vial around the neck.
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TIL that pigs are cannibalistic towards piglets, largely due to hormonal fluctuations among gilts.
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TIL Abraham Lincoln is in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, having had only one recorded defeat in a dozen years.
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TIL in 2009, a New Zealand man tied a shoelace around his little finger to act as a tourniquet and cut the finger off with a jigsaw. He then cooked it in a pan with some vegetables and ate its flesh. The act of self-cannibalism occurred during an episode of depression.
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TIL Bill Murray was paid $9,000 for his role in Wes Anderson’s Rushmore. He also gave Wes a $25,000 check to pay for a helicopter scene the that the studio wouldn’t finance