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TIL that Cleopatra lives closer to the opening of the first McDonald's than to the building of the Great Pyramids

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oBKN7 TIL that Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia adopted 40 Armenian Orphans from a monastery in Jerusalem 1924 and trained them to play musical instruments becoming Ethiopia's first Official orchestra.
Blkk TIL llamas are a popular alternative to sheep dogs because they eat the same food as sheep, readily bond with and become part of a sheep herd, can see predators from afar due to their height, and are very protective of their herd, which they bravely defend by spitting at and kicking predators.
M8WA TIL that during the production of ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ Danny Devito made an imaginary friend and the crew was worried about his sanity.
69brl TIL about the rare phenomenon of an "en caul" birth, where a baby is born still enclosed within the amniotic sac. Unlike typical births, where the sac breaks before delivery, in these cases, the baby emerges in a transparent bubble-like membrane. This occurrence is less than 1 in 80,000 births
kOVwB TIL fear of the unknown is the driving force behind many anxiety disorders