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TIL Even though Lions live in the Savannah the reason they are called king of the Jungle is because the word Jungle comes from a Sanskrit word meaning uninhabited place. Not necessarily a forest

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XEGvP TIL that the Seinfeld episode “The Pen”, in which Jerry and Elaine visit his parents in Florida, is the only episode that doesn’t feature Jason Alexander. After the table read, he threatened to quit the show if they ever wrote another episode without George in it again.
J1laQ TIL that in ancient Scythian society, when a king died, his servants, cooks, and horses were buried with him, reflecting beliefs about service in the afterlife and the brutal reality of social hierarchies, where a king’s death could lead to the death of many innocent individuals.
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