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TIL The oldest breed of cat is the Egyptian Mau. It is so old in fact that it’s name translates simply to Cat in Ancient Egyptian.

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W77kX TIL that the saying "I'll sleep when I'm dead." may have first been said by the hero Gilgamesh. This conversation with the god Shamesh is from the Epic of Gilgamesh, captured on clay tablets 4000 years ago in the world's oldest written story. Jump down to the beginning of Part III
mWnO TIL In 1777, Morocco was the first country in the world to formally acknowledge the United States as an independent nation.
AMd TIL that 50% of the worlds golf courses are in the United States
0wnQL TIL when basketball first started, the backboard was not a designed piece of equipment. They were added years later to keep fans from interfering with the game.
ybl8 TIL that many believe that Freud ignored his patients being victims of sexual abuse, which would cause drastic misinterpretation of his findings.