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TIL there is a 50,000 word novel that was written without using a single word containing the letter “e”

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R7yE1 TIL an unknown black organic material was found preserved on 2 altars at the entrance to a shrine's holy of holies, part of a fortress guarding the southern border of biblical Judah. Testing them found frankincense and cannabis, the first time the latter has been identified in the Ancient Near East.
XekD TIL that Fountain Hughes lived through slavery, the Civil War, World War 1, World War 2, and the beginning of the Cold War.
6EOZZ TIL that the unknown soldier for Vietnam was identified and later recovered and returned to his family after 26 years.
16Md8 TIL 'jaywalking' is a term coined by insurance companies to make it be seen negatively and shift the blame of accidents onto pedestrians
6EJa7 Til a CIA intelligence officer working undercover in Uganda became a minor celebrity as the lead singer of a popular local band known as the "Kampala Jazz All-Stars"