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TIL Christopher Lee helped assassinate "the Butcher of Prague"

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j6NRj TIL Scott Joplin suffered from syphilis, which came with many side effects that affected his piano playing abilities. Recordings of "Maple Leaf Rag" during his final years were described as "shocking... disorganized and completely distressing to hear".
4XYMX TIL: Many scientists believe that the biggest difference between us and chimpanzees is not our logical intelligence, but our social intelligence and our drive to socialize with other people.
O4K1 TIL the names of the territories of Greenland translate to “much ice”, “center”, “south” and “darkness”
R57X6 TIL that in 1974, someone ordered a pizza with a computer for the first time.
aJOb TIL that Traces of coca and nicotine found in some Egyptian mummies have led some to speculate that Ancient Egyptians may have traveled to the New World (America).