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TIL Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics used a picture of a boat with its sails down to signify traveling north, because to travel north, they used the current and oars. A picture of a boat with its sails up signified traveling south.

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Wk0l9 TIL that in 2004 a tour bus carrying the Dave Matthews Band through Chicago drove over a bridge and dumped 800 lbs of human waste into the river below, splashing feces and urine onto tourists who were on a sightseeing cruise underneath the bridge.
vjr4 TIL that the American Mustache Institute is very real and their slogan is “Protecting the rights of, and fighting discrimination against mustached Americans, by promoting the growth, care, and culture of the mustache”
0Nyp TIL Kiefer Sutherland’s maternal grandfather is widely credited for bringing universal health care to Canada.
5Y5jk TIL that in 1993 A 21.94m (72ft) condom was fitted over the Obelisque in Place de la Concorde, Paris, France to mark World AIDS Day.
VMQm0 TIL In WW2, the USA and UK combined only lost 790,000 men, wheres the Soviets lost as many as 11,400,000 with Germany at 5,300,000 and the Chinese has the 3rd highest losses at 4,000,000.