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TIL Romani people in Turkey

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M7y0b TIL, like the "dearly departed," ancient Egyptians referred to their dead as "Westeners." The west bank of the Nile was considered the land of the dead most likely because the sun sets in west with the living on the east. Osiris, the God of the dead, is called Lord of the West.
690EX TIL thanks to a crossover comic series, Dr. Who is canon to the Star Trek Universe.
ndaY TIL Bill Watterson was thinking of allowing his famous Calvin and Hobbes comic strip to be animated, as he admired animation as an art, but decided against it once he realized he didn’t want to hear Calvin’s voice.
xQLw TIL a bite from the Brazilian wandering spider can lead to Priapism, which is an erection lasting for more than four hours.
OgvL TIL that the Inca Empire lasted less than 100 years