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TIL Benjamin Franklin wrote a poem about Edward Teach a.k.a. Blackbeard

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M7y0b TIL, like the "dearly departed," ancient Egyptians referred to their dead as "Westeners." The west bank of the Nile was considered the land of the dead most likely because the sun sets in west with the living on the east. Osiris, the God of the dead, is called Lord of the West.
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J1AQm TIL that France sent the first cat into space in 1963. Félicette was a stray cat from the streets of Paris and was one of 14 cats trained for spaceflight. She survived her trip but was euthanised 2 months later.
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