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TIL Ancient Egyptians used to bury Sacred Bulls in 60+ tonne sarcophagi, two dozen of them remain in the Serapeum of Saqqara

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XEdOE TIL: Despite the importance of chili peppers to many Asian cuisines, they are actually native to the Americas and were only later introduced to Asia through trade.
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p594 TIL fish can learn to pull a string to dispense food, and some have also figured out how to use a tool to pull the string as they swim by.
5Ov9 TIL that over 2/3 of wealthy Americans drink alcohol daily, but only about 1/3 of poor Americans do.