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TIL that Egyptians didn’t use slave labor to build the pyramids - the builders were actually volunteers and were buried in the tomb if they died while building it.

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NXn4b TIL: In the Zhou dynasty, it is believed the ruling class had excess "de" and so needed a large number of female partners or else the "DE" turns into malevolent "gui". They have special court ladies, the "nu shi" to ensure they sleep with women in the right order and amount.
KAM6 TIL: In Old English, males were referred to as, “wer” and the word, “man” meant strictly humankind.
o1WY TIL There is a judge in Ohio who has sentenced people to spend a night in the woods alone( animal abandonment), be homeless for 24hrs( stealing a Salvation Army kettle), and stay silent or listen to classical music for a day( noise complaints).
kMjB TIL Philippe Petit, then a 24 year old French high-wire artist, illegally high-wire walked between the Twin Towers 8 times over 45 minutes in 1974. Charges were dropped after he performed for kids in Central Park.
YpGBd TIL That over HALF of dead rappers were murdered