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TIL that Alexander the Great may have actually been killed by the embalming process after he was presumed dead from another illness.

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p8mPA TIL that the studies focusing on human nature and behaviour overlook 85% of the people on Earth. Majority of these studies take into account a narrow slice of humanity - college students, people living near universities and highly educated residents of wealthy and industrialised countries.
oRdR7 TIL Jimmy Carter’s father, brother, and two sisters all died of pancreatic cancer at relatively young ages. (Seen in this article about his brother Billy)
JYmAm TIL that Archaeologists discovered a 26-foot statue submerged in ground water in a Cairo slum. The biggest clue pointing to the statue's true identity was the discovery of an inscription on it that read "Nebaa," a name closely linked to Psamtik I.
wLMd6 TIL The close-up shots in cartoons that detail how gross something is about a situation or character is called dubbbed, gross-ups, specificity in the Ren and Stimpy cartoon.
7rVGP TIL Cleopatra is a Greek name. Cleopatra's native language was Greek, and while the genetics of her grandmother is uncertain, she had genetically Greek lineage.