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TIL The use of hops was unknown to Ancient Egyptians as was the process of carbonation. To a modern-day beer drinker, an Egyptian brew would taste more like a fruit drink

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lgaA TIL that along with being accused of cannibalism, early Christians in the Roman Empire were considered atheists because they denied all the other gods
e0JQ4 TIL King Tutankhamun owned a collection of boomerangs.
nep57 TIL of the Jackson State Killings, where Mississippi state highway patrol shot into a crowd of Jackson State students, killing 2 and wounding 12, on May 11, 1970. This was one week after the Kent State Massacre.
RBY9 TIL of the “Mother in Law Plant” whose poison hinders your ability to speak
4XYOb TIL Despite widespread belief by the public and many clinical psychologists, repressed memory remains unproven and highly controversial.