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TIL Cleopatra of Egypt was of Greek descent and she was the first in her dynasty who could speak Egyptian

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yY68 TIL A law was passed in Wisconsin last year to make rubber duck races legal since they were previously classified as gambling
9Yak7 TIL in 1987, production on the film Apt Pupil began with 17-year-old Rick Schroder cast as the lead. After ten weeks of filming, production suffered from lack of funds and was put on hold. A year later, Schroder had aged too much for the film to work and 40 minutes of usable footage was abandoned.
0bxR TIL The inventor of Microsoft Office paid ~$30 Million for a space trip to visit the ISS…twice
woXyE TIL the term "chemist" is derived from "alchemist"
XWMD TIL Jerusalem has been destroyed twice, besieged 23 times, attacked 52 times, and captured and recaptured 44 times.