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TIL that parts of the Eye of Horus symbol were used by Ancient Egyptians to represent numerical fractions.

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oG4L TIL that in the novel, Forrest Gump goes to space on a NASA mission. It crash lands on an island where he’s stuck for years. These scenes weren’t in the movie, but Tom Hanks did go on to star in Apollo 13 and Castaway.
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ZgJB TIL that in Europe, 92% of expecting parents terminate pregnancy upon receiving a Down Syndrome diagnosis. In America, 67%.
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