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TIL of Philae 436, likely the very last ancient Egyptian heiroglyphs to be carved.

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9YgxB TIL about aibohphobia, the irrational fear of palindromes
79db TIL that a few thousand years before Plato described Atlantis there really was a big island which disappeared in the middle of the North Sea
Xdj6 TIL a few weeks before Abraham Lincoln was elected president, 11 year old Grace Bedell sent Lincoln a letter encouraging him to grow a beard, writing, “All the ladies like whiskers and they would tease their husbands to vote for you…” By the time of his inauguration, Lincoln had a full beard.
b6RBp TIL of Jean Moulin, who lost his life uniting anti-Nazi resistance, setting the stage for the Fourth Republic
X0X7E TIL that the Nazca Lines in Peru, massive geoglyphs created by the ancient Nazca civilization, were made by removing reddish pebbles to reveal the lighter ground beneath. Some of these lines are over 1,200 feet long and can only be fully appreciated from the air.