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TIL Egypt issued a passport to the mummy of Pharaoh Ramses II - listing his occupation as “King (deceased)”

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kOLJ5 TIL the longest place name in the world is a hill in New Zealand called Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu
Lkpvr TIL that for 2-syllable heteronyms (in English) that have 1 noun meaning and 1 verb meaning, there exist a pattern where the noun is 1st syllable stressed and the verb is 2nd syllable stressed, e.g Present, Record, Contract, Project, Insult
R5vK7 TIL that due to Japanese marriage laws requiring married couples to share the same surname, it is projected that by 2531, all Japanese people could have the surname Sato.
96wQ TIL that in 1981 a UK politician tried to have Space Invaders banned - arguing it caused ‘deviancy’. The bill was narrowly defeated by 114 votes to 94
XELP6 TIL in 1961 Ronald Reagan released a spoken-word album warning against socialized medicine.