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TIL that the Latin script derived from Egyptian hieroglyphs.

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xMXg TIL that the snow you see on analog televisons is a signal caused partially by the cosmic radiation of the Big Bang
yJpv TIL Lenin’s dead body is bathed and dressed in new clothes every year. His tomb is in center of Moscow open to public, despite his death wish to be buried next to his wife
p8ArG TIL based on a study done over a decade, Lifeboats have become the leading cause of death among modern seafarers
0dd11 TIL Disney World is legally allowed to build a nuclear plant in Florida under a 1960s law.
v1AAD TIL of Eastern Airlines Flight 401, which crashed after the entire cockpit crew had become preoccupied with changing a lightbulb.