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TIL Martian sunsets are blue

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16XAr TIL that the ‘Parting Glass’ mentioned in the Scottish farewell song refers to an old tradition of giving someone a final drink after they mount their horse to fortify them for their journey. The drink, called a stirrup cup, was the final hospitality offered to a departing guest.
GYNkg TIL Teotihuacan was the largest city anywhere in the Western Hemisphere before the 1400s. It had thousands of residential compounds and scores of pyramid-temples, comparable to the largest pyramids of Egypt. It contains a massive central road and buildings but oddly, no military structures
Me9WA TIL that famous computer hacker Kevin Mitnick only wound up in jail originally because a "friend" was pissed that Mitnick beat him at a $150 bet. | After being bested, Mitnick's then-friend was so angry about losing that he called the FBI and blew Mitnick in.
aYnN TIL that in WW2, the allied powers used fake “ghost armies” to intimidate and confuse Hitler and other Axis powers. They were most known for deceiving the Germans into thinking they had a powerful unit of men away from Normandy on D-Day.
gwZD TIL Furcadia is the longest running mmorpg. It has been up since December 16 1996