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TIL Alexander The Great named around 70 cities after himself.

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N7E48 TIL in 1578, the king of Portugal launched a crusade against Morocco. The crusade ended with a single battle wherein the king of Portugal, the sultan of Morocco, and the previously deposed sultan of Morocco all died.
Qg4L TIL Lichens and cyanobacteria would be able to thrive on mars.
aOZL TIL that Vanna White hasn’t actually turned any letters since 1997, hasn’t wore an outfit more than once on the show and holds the Guinness World Record for clapping.
ne40r TIL Buckminster Fuller would sleep 2 hrs a day by taking 30 mins naps every 6 hrs, and was able to fall asleep in 30 seconds.
ADdP4 TIL: conceptual and non-conceptual mental states. Conceptual is beliefs that shape your current world view. Non-conceptual state can represent the world even though the bearer of those mental states need not possess the concepts required to specify their content.