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TIL the oldest D20 dice was uncovered in Egypt and dates back around 30 BC

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WPmY TIL that the majority of nations hold their elections on either Saturday or Sunday. The US, UK and Canada are part of the minority of nations that traditionally hold elections on a weekday.
wod17 TIL that the Toba Supervolcano which almost wiped out humanity 77,000 years ago has a magma chamber containing over 50,000 cubic kilometres of eruptible magma, more than four times the volume of Lake Superior.
kOkX1 TIL that Sergio De Simone, a 7 yo child, was deported in 1944 to Auschwitz and was then sent to Neuengamme camp to be experimented on by nazi doctors (under the promise to see his mother again). He was murdered in 1945 with other 20 kids so that the Allies would not find proof of what was going on.
nWB6d TIL that convicted Texas fraudster, Billie Sol Estes, claimed that while Vice President, Lyndon B. Johnson ordered him to kill Henry Marshall, a USDA official, because he feared that he would expose their link to each other.
eAb6 TIL that in the Old Testament, Yahweh (God) actually sues Israel for breach of contract (the Sinai covenant). It is the only instance of God initiating a lawsuit against humans in the Bible.