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TIL that Hatshepsut dressed as a king, even wearing a false beard as a way of asserting her authority.

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woxw8 TIL about the unsolved 1922 Hinterkaifeck murders in Bavaria, where six family members were killed with a mattock, and the murderer(s) lived on the farm with the corpses for days, feeding animals and lighting fires.
VWJm TIL That the QWERTY keyboard came about because the original alphabetical order keyboard made the keys jam, & this way the most popular key combinations would be spaced apart so the keys won’t jam.
78WAO TIL - According to a 2009 Sports Illustrated article, 60 percent of former NBA players are broke within five years of retirement. By the time they have been retired for two years, 78% of former NFL players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress
ADN9a Stories of Kobe reared on classical music, beer, and massages, while allowed, are largely myths. But, the Hyogo government keeps the 12 most ideal bulls in a special facility, using their semen to inseminate all cows. Every ounce of Kobe beef eaten worldwide was fathered by one of these dozen perfect marbling specimens.
gr6mb TIL It is generally accepted that the first real high five was done by Dusty Baker and Glenn Burke of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team on October 2, 1977.