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TIL that the X in X-rays just means X… much to the Inventors objection

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j6KEX TIL The annual Saudi Camel Beauty Contest offers $66M in prizes to whomever enters the camel deemed the "most beautiful", however in 2021 40 contestants were ejected from the event for the use of Botox and other "artificial touch-ups"
EAZd TIL that to decide who would become the monarch of the Persian Empire (44% of world population), six nobles decided on a test. They were to gather outside the palace, mounted on their horses at sunrise, and the man whose horse neighed first in recognition of the rising sun would become king.
nW9Gd TIL Whales cannot drink ocean water because it's salty. Whales obtain their water by breaking down nutrients from their food, mostly from fat. When they do accidentally drink saltwater, their super-efficient kidneys filter the salt out, resulting in pee twice as salty as seawater.
l7MgB TIL that the Roman emperor Claudius wrote a now lost book on the art of playing dice.
Yp7jW TIL serial killer Ed Kemper requested "death by torture" as punishment for his crimes at his trial.