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TIL Most scholars accept the story of Dhul-Qarnayn in the Quran is a reference to Alexander the Great

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v1alj TIL the last Wooly Mammoth died in 1650 BC on Wrangel Island. Around that time, Egypt's Middle Kingdom was coming to an end and Greeks (the precursors to the more well known Greek Empire) had just started to live in Mycenae.
D1r4J TIL Keanu Reeves once rescued a pre-fame Octavia Spencer after she was stranded on the roadside
oBYgL TIL the reason most films end with the “This is a work of fiction [...]” disclaimer is a 1933 Rasputin biopic. The prince responsible for his murder sued the studio, claiming that the production did not accurately depict the murder
gk5L TIL that no study has shown the food additive MSG to be dangerous and the entire public outcry against it in the 1970s was because of one letter sent to the New England Journal of Medicine
4kWr6 TIL that Bangkok’s real name is the longest place name in the world. The name is 168 characters long and composed of Pali and Sanskrit.