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TIL Ancient Romans pronounced "Caesar" the same as we pronounce the German word "Kaiser" in English.

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5VQXD TIL Giraffes need surprisingly little sleep. The average giraffe sleeps for 4.6 hours per day.
W778L TIL in 1970, Sean Flynn, son of actor Errol Flynn, disappeared in Cambodia while working as a photojournalist during the Vietnam War. While leaving the country’s capital, he set off on his motorbike for a press conference in Saigon. He were never seen again, and in 1984, Flynn was declared dead.
MepaB TIL people can genuinely lie without knowing it due to ‘Confabulation’: the production or creation of false memories without the intent to deceive, sometimes called "honest lying."
OJ4X TIL Billionaire John D Rockefeller enjoyed giving away dimes to everyone he met, including children. He would give a dime for a good story, or pour dimes over a stain if someone spilled something. Sometimes he would even tease the person by holding back the dime.
ePYb TIL fleeing the Japanese in WWII Burma, a group of refugees spent two days carving a 270-foot staircase into a mountain so that they and 52 elephants could escape