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TIL: Alexander the Great never lost a battle
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TIL that there was a long-running theory that in the film “Pulp Fiction” you can hear over the radio that Uma Thurman and John Travolta’s characters stole the prized trophy from Jack Rabbit Slim’s instead of winning it…
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TIL during work on the Benjamin Franklin house, human remains from over 15 people were found hidden in the basement. The bones are dated to the time when Benjamin Franklin lived there. Corpse dissection was legal at the time; body snatching was not.
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TIL depictions of handcuffs in the media are pixelated in Japan, as it implies guilt and prejudices the trial. France has a law which requires the same censorship.
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TIL a bronze sword that's more than 3,000 years old was unearthed in Bavaria last year with a state of preservation so "extraordinary" that it "almost still shines."
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TIL a mason in 1700’s Jerusalem left his wooden ladder behind after doing some work on a church and now it can’t be moved without the agreement and permission of six different Christian leaders.