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TIL As late as 1000 B.C. lions idled on the banks of the Nile—and some even lounged in palaces as domesticated pets for the royals. Very rare lion mummies discovered in Egypt, until today, only one lion mummy had been found by Egyptologists.

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96ZX TIL that an attempted massacre at a school was prevented in Israel, because it was the Passover holiday, and none of the children were at school.
9ZQD TIL That if an atom was the size of our Solar System, then a neutrino to scale would be the size of a golf ball.
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