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TIL Cleopatra married both her 12 year old brother and Julius Caesar because Egypt allowed polygamy.

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dkb7 TIL the man who sang George Clooney’s parts in O Brother Where Art Thou also sings lead on Avicii’s “Hey Brother”
9MrD TIL that the distorted words in CAPTCHAs (the anti-spam feature) are all taken from old books and newspapers. By identifying the words, users are actually helping to transcribe these printed sources to the internet. As a result, the entire New York Times archive is now searchable back to 1850.
a1KN TIL that in 2000, a meat department at a Walmart in Texas became the first store to unionize. Within two weeks Walmart eliminated all meat department positions and switched to pre-packaged meats.
L1PV TIL the “Immortal German Alchemist”, The Count St. Germain was said to never have appeared over the age of 40 in his some 100 year documented activity in Europe and had ties to the Rosicrucians, Knights Templar, Illuminati, Freemasons, and the Order of the Golden Fleece.
nWryY TIL that the number of priests has been down 60% in the last 50 years leaving 3500 churches without one