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V69G TIL: When the mummified body of Ramses II was transported in 1974, it was issued an Egyptian passport, which listed his occupation as “King (deceased).”
rRBK1 TIL: the term "album" comes from the hardback book of 78 RPM records that provided the same playing. time as "long play" 33 1/3 RPM records
wr77 TIL Fidel Castro had sex with 35,000 women, according to an ex-Castro official. At least two a day for more than four decades. ‘One for lunch and one for supper. Sometimes he even ordered one for breakfast.’
AE1n TIL Charlie Chaplin was banned from reentering the United States in 1952, primarily due to speculation that he was a communist
ANXM4 TIL that the senior executive vice president of Tencent, David Wallerstein, has a prog metal band in which he plays guitar and sings, and goes by the pseudonym DarWin.