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TIL the Great Pyramid of Giza was already 2,500 years old when Cleopatra was ruler.

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R7ok8 TIL of Juan Luna, a painter who killed his wife and her mother in Paris in 1892, because he suspected his wife of having had an affair. He was arrested but acquitted on the basis of temporary insanity. At the time in France there was an “unwritten law” that forgave men for killing unfaithful wives.
P5gG TIL that two brothers vandalized wikipedia, giving an animal a fake nickname. This nickname ended up being picked up by news sources and becoming a real one.
4XQvJ TIL "Scotch" used to be a synonym for "thrifty" or "frugal" and when cellphane tape was invented, it was marketed in the great depression as "scotch tape" since it could extend the life of objects and save you money.
kvx4 TIL The survival rate in plane crashes is 95.7 percent!
awjYy TIL that the Soviet Union women's rugby team sold smuggled vodka to pay for their 1991 World Cup expenses and Customs didn't issue any enforcement due to a language barrier