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TIL the King of Jordan appeared in Star Trek.

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gMpO4 TIL scientists managed to recreate the voice of a 3000-year-old mummified Egyptian priest. They produced a 3D-printed voice box based on a precise scan of his vocal tract, and then used the vocal tract with an artificial larynx sound, synthesising a vowel-like sound reminiscent of a sheep's bleat
N7NY8 TIL Yuri Gagarin did not land in his Space craft, Vostok. He ejected at 20,000 feet, parachuting safely to Earth, landing near the Volga River.
r7No TIL Jehovah’s Witnesses teach that Satan and his demons were cast down to earth from heaven after October 1, 1914, at which point the end times began.
dka7 TIL in 2002, while returning to the US, the USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier stopped in Australia, where the sailors wore out the local sex workers to the point the brothel had to close down temporarily.
8d7Z TIL there is only one resident of Monowi, Nebraska. She’s the bartender, librarian, and Mayor of the town.