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TIL with the exceptions of manatees and sloths, all mammals have 7 cervical vertebrae, or neck bones.

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EgDdd TIL about the inscriptions of Ancient egyptian nomarch Ankhtifi, being proud about not starving his people while other nomes are starving. He also talked about giving a wife to those who did not have one.
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