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TIL that the damage on the back of King Tut's skull was due to mishandling of his remains rather than a fatal blow to the head.

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E1Nb7 TIL the highest grossing basketball movie of all time is Space Jam
kkm5 TIL a family found ~$80million in gold coins left by their father. They took the coins to the mint for authentication, only to have them seized by the US Government. They have yet to receive a cent in compensation.
8lbV TIL that a group of American journalists formed a secret society ‘The Order of the Occult Hand’ whose only goal is to slip the meaningless phrase “It was as if an occult hand had…” past editors and into published articles
Bgjb TIL the difference in time between when Tyrannosaurus Rex and Stegosaurus lived is greater than the difference in time between Tyrannosaurus Rex and now
neMQb TIL one in five Georgian Londoners had syphilis by their mid-30s