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TIL Cleopatra (69 BC - 30 BC) was born closer in time to the TV premiere of "Friends" (1994) than to the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza ( ca. 2490 BC)

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8ayma TIL: humans have developed injections containing nanoparticles which when administered into the eye convert infrared into visible light giving night vision for up to 10 weeks
mORM TIL that the French military actually has the best military record in the world having won 723 of the 1211 battles they fought in the last 800 years
D1dng TIL that former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak (Served 2008-2013) is currently serving a 15-year term in prison, and has been forced to pay $11.5m in fines. He was convicted on charges of bribery, embezzlement and abuses of power, namely taking a bribe to pardon the chairman of Samsung.
meGv TIL that Karl Malone impregnated a 13 year old girl
EgVMV TIL in 2014, the owner of Samuel's Sweet Shop died and his family struggled to keep the store open. So the owners friends, Actors Paul Rudd (Ant Man) and Jeffery Dean Morgan (The Walking Dead) bought it and have been co-owners ever since