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TIL There is a 5000 year old, still undeciphered, language with over 1200 symbols.

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QJNX9 Physicians and veterinarians agree: If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and is sick like a duck, it's best for it to be treated by someone trained to treat a duck. Faced with such a scenario, physicians would be armed only with what they know about human biology. And that doesn't go very far, says Rika Maeshiro, the director of Public Health and Prevention Projects for the Association of American Medical Colleges.
vBWD TIL Italian-Americans Were the Victims in the Worst Lynching in American History
BomL TIL USSR’s first long-range bomber, the Tu-4, was such an exact copy of a confiscated American B-29 that it even featured a repair patch on its fuselage where the original plane had been damaged.
J8AV TIL that the fastest 9-year-old today could have won bronze at the 100m sprint at the 1896 olympics.
9YvmG TIL Napoleon's brother (Joseph Bonaparte) lived in New York City and Philadelphia, but later settled in New Jersey. Some Mexican revolutionaries reportedly offered to crown him Emperor of Mexico in 1820, but he declined.