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TIL the pyramids weren't built by slaves but paid workers, who often left graffiti on unexposed areas of the pyramids identifying their crews, like "The Drunkards of Menkaure"

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rRxZy TIL the Academy Award-winning documentary “Colette” was released as part of the gallery mode for the VR game “Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond”. Thus, though not mentioned by name in the citation, “Above and Beyond” is arguably the first video game ever to receive an Oscar for its content.
4XlBR TIL most of the Federalist Papers (51 out of 85) that defended the the United States Constitution and lead to its ratification were written by Alexander Hamilton when he was 30 year old. He was also one of the five members of the committee that made the final draft of the original constitution.
aKNZ TIL school teachers have been using red ink to correct assignments for at least 3900 years
L78P TIL that 10 years ago a man who went for a job interview for the BBC was accidentally mistaken for a tech expert and was interviewed on live tv
j6jxE TIL that Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, known simply as Cane's, was founded in 1996, and named after the owner's Yellow Labrador Retriever. Other yellow labs have served as the company mascot, though the dog is not seen on signs for the restaurant in Kuwait, where dogs are not popular.