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TIL that one of the earliest known board games, Senet, dates back to around 3100 BCE and was enjoyed by both Egyptian commoners and pharaohs.

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Z8y5Q TIL About franeleros, men who "protect" your parked car in Mexico, Argentina, Phillipines and Brazil in return for a "tip". If you don't tip, they smash the car. When this was made illegal, prices increased instead because the franeleros had to bribe the police.
KOrVJ TIL that Jean Valjean, the main character from Les Miserables, has a father, mother, and sister that are canonically named Jean, Jeanne, and Jeanne respectively.
OovVe TIL The little yellow dots in Pack-an are meant to be cookies.
O0BY TIL all Hass avocados (the ones you get in grocery stores) descended from a single tree in California, which was planted using unknown seeds
wL5vo TIL Attorney-client privilege is moot when communications between an attorney and client are themselves used to further a crime, tort, or fraud (Clark v. United States).