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TIL that the oldest known place name sign is over 5,000 years old and marks the 'Domain of the Scorpion King Horus'

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mnwR TIL 90% of clothes donated to U.S. charities are sold to textile recyclers. 75% of THAT are recycled". 25% are sold on the street markets in Africa at about 500% mark-up. This partly crushes the African textile industries because they can’t make new clothes as cheap as cheap old American clothes.
gjZy TIL N64 GoldenEye 007 was developed by a very small and inexperienced team; it only had ten developers, eight of whom had never previously worked on video games
7rZ6b TIL about Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring (1962). The book accused the chemical industry of spreading disinformation on the harmful effects of pesticides. The book is credited with inspiring the environmental movement, leading to the formation of the U.S Environmental Protection Agency
evY5 TIL that Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro are the only two actors to win an Oscar for playing the same character. The first played Vito Corleone in The Godfather; the second played Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II.