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TIL Bull Palette is an Ancient Egyptian greywacke, cosmetic palette from ca. 3200-3000 BC showing a bull overpowering an enemy, named-fortified-cities, war-scenes, a collection of deities supporting the war-scenery-(on standards).

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KOKa6 TIL about Superhabitable planets. This is a recent definition/category of planets or moons that must meet much more criteria than just being in the "Habitable Zone/Goldilocks Zone". No planet or moon has met these criteria as of yet, although the planet Kepler-442b is the closest to this definition.
XEr0r TIL that lemon is 2.7 times more effective than Head&Shoulders shampoos at inhibiting Malassezia, a fungus known to cause dandruff.
p8PVQ TIL the Japanese title for "Monty Python's Flying Circus" literally translated to "The Gay Boy's Dragon Show"
Y9n7 TIL that a NASA scientist conducted a tongue-in-cheek experiment to see what animals drivers are more likely to hit, he placed rubber fakes on the side of the road and found that 6% of drivers intentionally swerve to hit them, tarantulas being hit the most.
WkoVA TIL that in 1923 a horse jockey named Frank Hayes died of a heart attack mid-race, but technically still won because his body was still on the horse. This was also his first win.