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TIL the majority of Egyptian hieroglyphs represent sounds, not objects/ideas. In English, this would be like using pictures of a pear, ant, and hood to write "parenthood."

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5VMPP TIL Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson made booby traps from live ammunition while he was still at boarding school
BggPd TIL the träskofiol or clog fiddle is a traditional musical instrument from the southern Swedish province, Skåne, consisting of a violin neck and soundboard added to the body of a clog wooden shoe.
e0MMb TIL of Anthony McAuliffe. He commanded the 101 Airborne Division when it was encircled by the Germans in Bastogne. When presented with a surrender proposal from the Germans, he sent his official reply as "NUTS!"
O666 TIL there exists the idea, that the growing Hispanic population in the American Southwest will allow Mexico to regain these territories, called the Reconquista.
DO4v TIL giant ice structures were discovered under the ice sheet in Greenland