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TIL: Dwarfs Were Highly Respected In Ancient Egypt

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MeA4m TIL of the Holocene extinction event, one of the most significant extinction events in the history of the Earth, happening now, as a direct result of Humans.
nJLY TIL: The familiar “Michelin Man” mascot was created in 1894 and he is named Bibendum. Although tires today are black, prior to 1912 they were beige or all-white, hence the mascot being white.
v1Xo4 TIL the Hawaiian Pizza was invented in Canada, and is the most popular pizza in Australia, accounting for 15% of pizza sales.
a18L TIL Paul Reubens (AKA Pee Wee Herman) asked his father to build him a performance stage when he was five years old and went on to be named president of the National Thespian Society in high school.
Y7Bpd TIL The Statute of Jewry, a statute issued by Henry III of England in 1253 to segregate and debase England's Jews with oppressive laws which included imposing the wearing of a yellow Jewish badge to invite the Christian public's disdain