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TIL 19th century England was swept by "Egyptomania", a renewed interest in Egypt's past. Rich Victorians would travel to Egypt and bring back ancient mummies with which they would hold "mummy unwrapping parties" for their friends.

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kKZe TIL that those random blue reflectors on the road actually serve a purpose… they indicate the presence of a fire hydrant on the side of the road
lo9Br TIL In Manhattan by the 1870s, horse manure added up to millions of pounds each day and over a 100,000 tons per year. Horse refuse and the remains of dead horses littered the streets.
pKZO TIL when Jay Z was chosen to headline Glastonbury in 2008, Oasis’ guatarist, Noel Gallagher went on a rant about how it’s wrong to have Hip Hop at the festival so Jay Z opened his set with a cover of “Wonderwall”
X0DG6 TIL One day before the end of WW2, the German Cruise Liner, SS Cap Arcona was attacked and sunk by the RAF. The ship was used to hold concentration camp prisoners and 5000 were killed. Swedish intelligence had passed this information to the allies but it wasn't forwarded to the RAF.
KOgAJ TIL about the Landkreuzer, a giant Nazi tank that was never built. It would have weighed 1100 tons and been armed with naval artillery.