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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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B8Qb TIL that the infamous “Iron Maiden” of the Medieval Era was never used, and was actually a fake, constituted from misappropriated Medieval bits and pieces by Victorian Curators in order to make some money.
4Xk8J TIL that Tom Waits won a lawsuit against Audi when Audi used a song similar to Waits's "Innocent When You Dream" sung by Waits imitating singer. Waits had previously won a lawsuit against Frito-Lay for a similar commercial. Waits donated his settlement money to charity.
rnGW TIL that in Texas in 2009, a Craigslist escort took $150 from a man, refused to have sex, then got in a car and left. The man sprayed her car with his AK-47, killing her. He was acquitted because state law permits the “use of deadly force to recover property during a nighttime theft.”
9YRZm TIL in the medieval ages book owners would chain their books to the shelves and curse them to prevent theft
X0gDE TIL over one million mummified animals have been found in Egypt. (Mostly cats, of course.)