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TIL The Great Pyramids Were Originally Bright White

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d8mdK TIL that hundreds of women disguised themselves as men in order to fight in the American Civil War. They were first discovered in 1863, when a Union burial detail found that the corpse of a woman wearing the uniform of a Confederate private. Estimates put the number of female soldiers at 400-750.
4kp9o TIL india is the biggest exporter of hairs in the world. India's hair exports account for 80% of the global market
R79v6 TIL there was technically a second Norman Conquest of England, in the 13th century King Louis VIII briefly seized control of England and declared himself King before being defeated a few months later. He was never officially crowned.
X0Opk TIL that a lot of people use milk in their ramen instead of water.
78we7 TIL that Zima, the original "malternative" was made by filtering low-grade lager through charcoal (a process that strips away both color and taste), then adding citrusy flavor to make it palatable. The drink survived until 2008.