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TIL-At age 30, you’re older than 42 percent of Americans(Today I turned 30…)

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8emOL TIL the first author to be named in all recorded history was a Mesopotamian poet, princess, and priestess called Enheduanna. She was born in 2285BCE and was the daughter of Sargon the Great.
e05Pk TIL that archaeologists found Troy-0 and the discovery was a surprise for the world of archaeology and took the history of Troy back 600 years.
60nl TIL that a small town in Kansas has one of the largest space museums in the world, including Liberty Bell 7, the Apollo 13 command module, the Gemini X spacecraft, Vostok and Voshkod spacecraft, an SR-71, Nazi V1 and V2 weapons, and several full-scale launch rockets
7rPOP TIL That the highest recorded blood alcohol content ever recorded was a polish man who had a BAC of 1.48. He got in a car crash but likely survived due to his drunkenness but later died due to the injuries of the crash
78ZkZ TIL Michelangelo painted a hidden self-portrait on a fresco inside the Sistine Chapel--as the remains of the flayed skin of St. Bartholomew