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TIL traces of nicotine and cocaine were found in Egyptian mummies. This finding is almost unbelievable considering nicotine and cocaine are indigenous to the Americas.

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64LX TIL that at the end of WWI, Germany had to pay reparations of 132 billion gold marks. The reparations were not fully paid until 2010, marking the official end of the war.
w718 TIL there’s a Burger King in the town of Mattoon, Illinois which actually opened before the giant chain and registered as a statewide trademark in 1959. The Burger King chain isn’t allowed to operate within 20 miles of the original restaurant.
KOZKQ TIL the song "Old Town Road" is based off a Nine Inch Nails instrumental from the free-to-use album Ghosts I-IV.
kJgO1 TIL that all the royalties for The Animals's version of The House of The Rising Sun went only to one person in the band because there was insufficient room to name all five band members on the record label.
7Aob TIL a man who passed himself off as Tiger Woods and went on a $17,000 shopping spree was sentenced to 200 years in prison.