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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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a8b7M TIL the US government detected Chinese nuclear testing in US airspace during the Cold War
pgYO TIL Mark Twain had a near fatal heart attack in 1898 after watching a belly dancer’s routine.
w5KP TIL a harpoon fragment patented in 1879 was found in a bowhead whale in 2007, indicating the whale was between 115 and 130 years old.
yQwYX TIL In 1809, Ephraim McDowell performed the worlds first ovariotomy opening the door to abdominal surgery. Legend has it that a surly crowd gathered outside McDowell's home during the operation and waited to hang him on his patients certain death.
Y7XMZ TIL: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the highest-scoring player in NBA history, only scored one 3-pointer in his 1,560-game regular-season career.