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TIL that the first human in history whose name we know is an Iraqi (Sumerian) accountant named Kushim

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NKPM TIL Tolkien’s book “The Two Towers” is ambiguous with regard to the title as any pair from the five towers in the story could plausibly fit the title. Tolkien drew a cover illustration showing the towers he meant but the publisher decided not to use it in order to save money.
4Xb45 TIL Coca-Cola had to pull its water drink from the U.K., because the water turned out to be contaminated water from near Peckham, England. The exact storyline of a joke in the English sitcom ‘Only Fools And Horses’ episode 12 years earlier
rRP6o TIL that NBC hired a chimpanzee to co-anchor, 'The Today Show' in the 1950's due to declining ratings. The chimp-human duo was a smash hit, and earned NBC an estimated 100 million dollars over his six years on the show.
LQX19 TIL the Olympics once included a competition for art works inspired by sports in categories including architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture.
EPXo TIL Australia is the only country to have served along side the United States in every military conflict since WW2.