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TIL Roughly four thousand years ago an Ancient Egyptian official, Baqet III, had depictions of jugglers engraved within his tomb.

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p8XON TIL that the National Art Museum Of Ukraine recreated a "Sleeping Beauty" live exhibit inviting men to awaken beauties with a kiss. Five women were selected to perform "sleeping", having agreed to a very binding clause to marry the men if they opened their eyes while being kissed.
R8Ra TIL in 1997, the pilot of an A-10 attack jet turned off his radio and transponder for no apparent reason and flew hundreds of miles off course during a training mission, later crashing into a mountainside in Colorado. No explanation for the pilot’s actions was ever found.
a89mA TIL Despite having oranges, papayas, groundnuts, vegetables, maize, a diet of manioc cooked with just water, no oil and no salt contributed significantly to the rise of kwashiorkor, or malnutrition in Central African Republic
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