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TIL that in 1200 years Baghdad got attacked and besieged 16 times

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VB5kp TIL the narrator of Gold Rush, Paul Christie, was also the voice of Moose A. Moose on Noggin in the early 2000s (among many other voice acting roles).
d8yxK TIL Philosopher C. D. C. Reeve recently translated the works of Aristotle into a new series. "He has managed to present Aristotle’s often ungainly Greek into perfectly flowing English syntax without sacrificing the core meaning of the text"
nW0xY Today i learned 7 Food Myths Exposed: Shocking Facts vs Fiction
Avyl TIL not long before his death, Freddie Mercury, confined to his bed, got to see an advance copy of the “Wayne’s World” scene with Wayne and Garth headbanging to “Bohemian Rhapsody”. He loved it and approved of the song’s use in the film. The movie, in part, helped launch Queen’s comeback in the USA
m05Y TIL 92 years ago today started the largest uprising in U.S. history since the Civil War, when over 10,000 armed coal miners attempted to take down lawmakers in an attempt to unionize West Virginian mine workers. The U.S. Army intervened, and the workers lost.