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TIL the oldest known tattoos were discovered, using UV light, on a 5,000 year old mummy

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YLRA TIL that during 1996 democratic convention Al Gore said, “I would like to demonstrate for you the Al Gore version of the Macarena”, then remained motionless for a few seconds, and eventually asked, “Would you like to see it again?”
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