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aJOb TIL that Traces of coca and nicotine found in some Egyptian mummies have led some to speculate that Ancient Egyptians may have traveled to the New World (America).
Y4QZ TIL a fake town named “Agloe” was placed on a map for copyright purposes. Some people opened a shop at that location and named their store “Agloe General Store”, thus turning the fake town into a real one.
XErb6 TIL that Léo Taxil, the journalist that "exposed" Freemasons as Satanists, admitted that it was an elaborate hoax over 12 years later. He once said, "I thought everybody would see the joke and give me credit for originating a new line of humor, but my readers wouldn't have it so."
J1Q5B TIL that subacute sclerosing panencephalitis or Dawson disease is a rare presentation of the measles virus that can survive in the body long term without provoking an immune response. Once symptoms develop (an average of 7 years after primary measles infection), the outcome is invariably fatal.
oBmdK TIL that Jeff Goldblums distinctive delivery of dialogue—usually a melodic kind of stammering peppered with “uhs” and pregnant pauses—began while filming 1978's Invasion of the Body Snatchers.