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TIL that Wrigley’s Gum was the first product to have a bar code

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5YkJp TIL the actor who played Uncle Lewis in Christmas Vacation (William Hickey) was only 61 years old when the movie was filmed
awPd0 TIL that The Ancient Egyptians believed that the false door was a threshold between the worlds of the living and the dead and through which a deity or the spirit of the deceased could enter and exit.
14W7 TIL Qatar, a desert state, is aiming to grow up to 70 percent of its own vegetables by 2023 thanks to the launch of a new farming system that needs no soil and which recycles irrigation water. The pilot project had been “a great success” and adapted well to Qatar’s harsh growing conditions
4Xxao TIL 40s Hollywood talent agent Henry Wilson had a stable of young, attractive clients (including Rock Hudson) who he frequently coerced into sexual relationships in exchange for publicity and film roles. He died destitute, & was buried in an unmarked grave.
b9990 TIL that after Spartacus’ revolt in 73 BCE, 6,000 slaves were crucified along a 120-mile stretch of road called the Appian Way. This equated to roughly 50 slaves per mile or roughly 1 slave every hundred feet. The mass crucifixion served as a deterrent to anyone else who thought to defy Rome.