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TIL cocaine and nicotine have been found in the hair of ancient Egyptian mummies

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DQpGp TIL that directors Wes Craven and Sam Raimi played a game of one-upmanship by depicting each other’s movies humorously in their own films. Beginning in The Evil Dead (1981), and continuing on through A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) and Scream (1996).
5xQ8 TIL Charles VI of France suffered from such debilitating mental illness that he forgot his own name, his children, his wife and his identity as king. He periodically believed that he was made of glass and tried to prevent himself from breaking.
mxMkp TIL there is a Peruvian dish called Cuy which consists of cooked Guinea Pig.
R7l17 TIL of the RMS Olympic, while transporting troops from US to France, encountered an U-Boat, which the captain decided to ram into, cutting it clean in two, making it the only merchant vessel in WWI to sink an enemy warship.
awGAy TIL Khem Puri caves, Meghalaya: World longest cave system(24 km long, 4025 ft altitude) made of sandstone contains many wonders, from the narrow labyrinth to giant Huntsman spiders. this geographical delight is home to fossils of Shark tooth and giant water dinosaur bones. Indeed incredible India.