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TIL we live closer to the rule of Cleopatra than Cleopatra lived to the building of the pyramids of Giza.

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78gmr TIL that in 1941 a reindeer lived on board a British submarine for about 6 weeks with over 50 human crew members.
JY9VV TIL that Steven Spielberg watched Seinfeld episodes while filming Schindler's List to cheer himself up.
lo6kN TIL companies aren’t allowed to use the words “Super Bowl” in their advertisements due to copyrights, so it is called “The Big Game” in all commercials
jnDa TIL that the phrase “It’s Greek to me” has analogues in many languages. In Greek, the foreign language in the saying is Turkish or Chinese. In Turkish, it’s French or Arabic. In French and Arabic, it’s Chinese. In Chinese, it’s “ghost script,” “bird sounds,” or “chicken intestines.”
LQmPZ TIL WWE commentator Sean Michael Coulthard, also known as Michael Cole, worked as a journalist for CBS Radio covering the Waco siege and the Yugoslavian civil war.