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TIL the Persian calender is the most accurate calender in the world losing only 0.00000615th of a day every century

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8aN8L TIL Have you ever wondered why Egyptian god names sounded so latin? The names of famous gods we know are actually the Greek pronounced versions. Here are actual versions: Atum (Ra), Aset (Isis), Heru (Horus), Anpu (Anubis), Wesir (Osiris).
b6jbj TIL a judge in Brazil ordered identical twin brothers to pay maintenance to a child whose paternity proved inconclusive after a DNA test and their refusal to say who had fathered the child. The judge said the two men were taking away from the young girl's right to know who her biological father was.
xmw5 TIL there’s a version of chess called “quantum chess” where the pieces are in a state of superposition; the player doesn’t know what a piece will be until it is selected for play. Once selected, it behaves as any one of the conventional pieces and returns to its state of superposition after the move
n8Eb TIL 400 million years ago, there were giant mushrooms as tall as a tree – 26 feet tall and about 3 feet wide
6MAX TIL There are at least 131 bikini coffee stands between Seattle and Portland with names like “Java Jugs” and “Peek-A-Brew”