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TIL there was an Egyptian Pharaoh whose name in hieroglyphics was a pair of outstretched arms followed by three penises

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wLxVY TIL that Kirsty MacColl, successful British singer / songwriter and daughter of the composer of "Dirty Old Town", died when she was diving in Mexico, pushing her 15 year old son out of the way of a speeding powerboat that ran her over.
JY9Qk TIL that Jason Statham competed in diving at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand
mxw7x TIL about Anna Göldi an 18th-century Swiss woman who was the last person to be executed in Europe for witchcraft.
K0NG TIL there is a fully legitimate German beer named Fucking Hell. It’s named after the Austrian village ‘Fucking’, and the german word 'hell’, a term used for light ale. Because of this, the name was granted.
mRyR TIL that Steven Spielberg promised Tom Sizemore a role in Saving Private Ryan as long as he never failed a drug test while shooting. If he failed once, even on the last day, Spielberg promised to kick him out of the movie and reshoot all of his scenes with a new actor.