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TIL That Russians Race Motorcycles on Ice

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nWkVP TIL that Founding Father Benjamin Franklin wrote an essay about farts.
ANoA4 TIL a 3,200-year-old tablet shows that ancient Egyptians took attendance at work and recorded absences. One type of reason cited for missing work was "wife or daughter bleeding" referring to menstruation because men were needed at home during this time to help with the housework.
j6BWj TIL when the emperor of Japan announced the surrender at the end of WW2 he did it in extremely formal and archaic words, the equivalent of an English speaker using Shakespearean language
RXX1 TIL similar to the “Amber Alert” program, most states also have a missing persons recovery program called “Silver Alert”, which is designed to help find missing senior citizens with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia or other mental disabilities.
BEBy TIL In 1974 Egyptologists observed Ramesses II’s mummy’s condition was rapidly deteriorating and flew it to Paris for examination. He was issued an Egyptian passport that listed his occupation as “King (deceased)”. The mummy was received outside Paris, with full military honours befitting a king.