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TIL King Tut was mummified with an erection.

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16VZ4 TIL about the Battle of Cynoscephalae in modern day Thessaly which is the only known instance where the Roman side used war elephants. They won.
nkXP TIL that Morocco was the first country to recognize the US as an independent country and during the Revolutionary War, the Sultan of Morocco promised safe passage from Barbary Pirates for all merchant American ships traveling across the Atlantic
8ova TIL that there are well over a dozen different region-specific styles of BBQ food in the US
ZpKwB TIL that the city of Philadelphia, which was where Washington had to live when he was president, had laws in place that said any slave that lived there for more than 6 months would be freed. So, Washington set up a rotational schedule exchanging his slaves between states to prevent their freedom.
WkWQL TIL The expression "15 minutes of fame" came from Andy Warhol, inspired by his words "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes" which appeared in the program for a 1968 exhibition of his work in Stockholm, Sweden.