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TIL there is a news maxim called, "Betteridge's Law of Headlines" that basically states any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered, "no".

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9YmwM TIL In addition to the Rosetta Stone, numerous trilingually inscribed steles have been uncovered with the latest in 2004 (decree of Canopus). Any of these discoveries would have deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphs.
W7y89 TIL of Suero de Quiñones, a knight who spent a month camped next to a bridge with 10 of his friends to challenge every knight who crossed to a joust for no reason except to meet a goal of breaking "300 lances".
r6dW TIL during the Soviet occupation of Estonia in the 1940s, around 17.5% of the population was deported to Siberia. June 14 1941 was one of the deportations, and is seen by many as a day of mourning.
pY8Kb TIL of Operation Looking Glass, the code name for an airborne US command and control centre that would take charge of the response if all US ground bases were lost due to nuclear war. They started with 5 Boeing KC-135's and a plane was in the air 24/7, 365 days a year, for nearly 30 years.
Xn7D TIL that dolphins can tolerate and recover from extreme injuries like shark bites. The healing process is very rapid - even very deep wounds wont cause a dolphin to bleed to death. Gaping wounds heal in a way that restores the animal’s natural body shape. Infection of large wounds is also very rare