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TIL: The story of Noah’s Ark was written almost a thousand years before it was retold in the book of Genesis. It is known as the Epic of Gilgamesh

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wLxVY TIL that Kirsty MacColl, successful British singer / songwriter and daughter of the composer of "Dirty Old Town", died when she was diving in Mexico, pushing her 15 year old son out of the way of a speeding powerboat that ran her over.
9YLVM TIL Since the North American Free Trade Agreement was signed, the obesity rates in both Canada and Mexico have risen sharply due to a boost in consumption of high fructose corn syrup products imported from the US.
KOLXE TIL the House of Grimaldi has ruled Monaco since 1297. By law the reigning Prince or Princess must bear the surname of Grimaldi and until 2002 a treaty between Monaco and France stated that if the reigning Prince failed to leave dynastic offspring, sovereignty would revert to France.
Mevb TIL John Cazale, “Fredo” from “The Godfather” was one of Al Pacino’s best friends. While filming “The Deer Hunter” with Deniro, Cazale was literally dying of Cancer. He only appeared in 5 feature films, all of which were nominated for best picture, 3 of them won.
p8Lr4 TIL Numbered musical notation is popular in China, making conventions to encode and decode music more accessible than in the West, as more Chinese can sight read it than standard notation. Indexing with numbers makes it possible to search music by melody, but it has never become popular in the West