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TIL that in 1150 BC king Ramesses the third faced a Harem conspiracy conspired by his second wife Tiye, who succeeded in assassinating the king but failed to place his son on the throne.

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6EoAm TIL that in 1504, Christopher Columbus used his foreknowledge of a lunar eclipse to intimidate Jamaica natives into giving them their supply of food after they refused to, but fooled them saying his god is all-powerful and will make the moon disappear for he was displeased with their refusal.
pDAe TIL that Confederate Soldiers are not considered American Veterans
rR4v1 TIL Helicopters have a top speed they can never surpass.
Vak4 TIL Net-casting spiders’ (Deinopidae) spiders eyes are more sensitive than cats or owls, which they use for hunting at night. So sensitive, in fact, that they need to rebuild their retinas every day because they are destroyed at dawn.
OnZL TIL an animated short about The Simpsons shown before a feature film received higher critical acclaim than the movie itself