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TIL that to this day, the tomb of Cleopatra and Mark Antony has not been found

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JYopB TiL there's a "Women Only" village in Kenya, Africa called Umoja Village that was created in 1990 as a safe haven for women escaping violence
R7NXw TIL in the 50s there was a nuclear bomb test in the Australian Outback. Aboriginals thought a spirit killed all of the kangaroos for them. They ate them and died of radiation poisoning.
vPe48 TIL comic book writer Mark Millar auctioned off the right to name the hero of his series Nemesis. He donated the winning bid, $8,500, to his brother's charity for special needs kids.
1gQX TIL there is a practicing attorney in Detroit named Luke Skywalker
WkvRN TIL In the 1970s, the New Mexico Dept. of Game and Fish introduced 93 gemsbok (an African gazelle) to the White Sands Missile Range. Today, they number 3,000-6,000.