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TIL Only five independent writing systems have been produced in the entire human history. Sumerian, Egyptian, Harappan, Mayan, and Chinese.

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4k8m5 TIL that Poppy flowers became associated with the military after a Canadian poet was inspired by a field of poppies near a mass grave in Belgium folliwing World War 1. The poppies grew there after the bombing and trench warfare churned up the soil, exposing dormant poppy seeds to the sunlight.
W7wm8 TIL that in 2004 the owner of the Marineland amusement park in Canada purchased a nearby trailer park for an expansion and evicted all 47 families living there, leading to the suicide of 63 year old Paula Millard. The expansion never happened and the lot is still abandoned.
5X4k TIL That Coca leaves are still used in Coca Cola. A company in NJ extracts Cocaine from the leaves for medical uses, then ships the remainder to Coke
5YMPn TIL Julius Ceasar never actually had a Ceasar Salad. It was invented in 1924 by an Italian Mexican in Tijuana.
DLxp TIL: Eminem has more Oscars than Leonardo DiCaprio.