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

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6EAal TIL over a hundred years ago, virtually every American city had public streetcars that people took to work. That includes cities we don't think of as hubs for mass transit today, like Atlanta, Raleigh, and Los Angeles. Today, just 5 percent of U.S. workers commute via via public transit.
xVRJD TIL that Canadian radio stations are required by law to play Canadian artists on the airwaves at least 35% of the time.
xee7 TIL That a pug named Pompey woke up the prince of the Netherlands thwarting an assassination attempt. To this day the pug has been the official dog of the house of orange.
440w TIL On a Price is Right taping in September 2008, the Showcase results were halted for 45 minutes - because a contestant had bid the EXACT price ($23,743). Drew Carey claimed he read out the result on-air as deadpan as possible because he was worried the show was crooked and he’d go to jail.
v1RK TIL a jefferson county teacher was suspended after he replied to a student calling him a Nigga" “Nigga This, Nigga that, Nigga please, can you hand a nigga a pencil”