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TIL a guy cut off the head of his pregnant wife’s lover with a knife in a phonebooth and delivered it to her bedside while she was in the hospital

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9YWV7 TIL that Tutankhamun’s successors tried to erase his name from history. This meant his memory was preserved as the location of his tomb was forgotten, hiding it from robbers. It remained virtually untouched for thousands of years until its discovery in 1922.
vPelr TIL that after two jets collided head-on at 35,000 ft, one of the jets continued flying for about an hour and was never seen again.
MNrB TIL Martin Luther King Jr. was wiretapped and sent an anonymous letter from J Edgar Hoover encouraging him to kill himself
dDZNr TIL about Manichaeism, a former major religion founded in the 3rd century by the Iranian prophet Mani. At its peak, it was one of the most widespread religions on Earth. Manichaean churches and scriptures existed as far as China to the Roman Empire. It was briefly a main rival to early Christianity.
4kgv6 TIL The Indian Space agency will be sending up humanoid robots with no legs to help with tasks and help understand the effects of microgravity