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TIL that Fathead lowered the price of their Lebron James wall graphics from $99.99 to $17.41, the birth year of Benedict Arnold, upon his departure from the Cavaliers.

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geny TIL Confucius’ actual name was Kong Qiu. The name “Confucius” comes from the honorific “Kong Fuzi,” meaning “Grand Master Kong”
9YNd7 TIL that before the 20th Century the word “computer” meant a person who performed large mathematical calculations by hand.
gr0D9 TIL a team of archeologists uncovered the largest manmade stone block ever discovered in Baalbek, Lebanon. The block, which was found in a limestone quarry measures 64 feet by 19.6 feet by 18 feet and weighs an estimated 1,650 tons. The block likely dates back at least 2,000 years, to around 27 BC.
6E8N8 TIL Queen Elizabeth II is related to her husband, the King of Norway, the King of Spain, the King of Sweden, the Queen of Denmark and was also related to the Romanovs. All thanks to Queen Victoria's children and grandchildren marrying all over Europe.
W7pg8 TIL that the Hoba meteorite is the largest in the world which estimates to 60 tons is discovered in Namibia