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TIL Cap'n Crunch's real name is Horatio Magellan Crunch

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oBONR TIL The oldest known reference of the Ancient Egyptian board-game of Senet—aside from a few fragments —is in a painting on the tomb of Hesy-Ra, a member of high Egyptian court, who lived during the reign of Pharaoh Djoser around 2600 B.C.
4956 TIL Murder rates of women in Turkey have gone up 1400% since the current ruling party, Justice and Development Party came into power.
E1B4o TIL Hercules had a fraternal twin brother, Iphicles. They shared the same mother, Alcmene, but while Hercules' father was Zeus, Iphicles' father was Amphitryon, a normal man. Born one day apart, the brothers were close and Iphicles' son, Iolaus, became a favorite companion of Hercules.
8eLKK TIL That the screenplay for the James Bond film "You only live twice" was written by Roald Dahl
l76Jr TIL that if Bill Gates told a Microsoft employee "You’re full of shit. That’s the stupidest fucking thing I’ve ever heard", that meant that the software mogul was amazed and impressed. "In the lore of Microsoft, if Bill says that to you, you’re made", an employee said.