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TIL Contrary to popular belief, the Egyptian Pyramids were not made by slaves but by paid laborers

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WKM4 TIL that the Weezer song “Mykel & Carli”, released in 1994, is about sisters Mykel and Carli Allan who established the band’s fan club and are considered the band’s biggest fans. Mykel and Carli, and younger sister Trisha, died in a car accident in 1997; members of Weezer attended their funeral.
WkZGL TIL ‘Ahoy-Hoy’ was once the preferred way to answer the phone, as it was Alexander Graham Bell’s preferred way to answer the phone. However Edison popularized 'Hello' because he thought it was easily heard and distinguished from other words.
P1rrJ TIL of the Quebec Biker War between the Quebec Hells Angels and Rock Machine Motorcycle Clubs, which left 162 dead, 180+ injured, including 84 bombings and 130 cases of Arson
LQd6v TIL Rodger Young, despite being deaf and nearly blind (due to a head injury) and the shortest soldier in his company, won the Medal of Honor for singlehandedly destroying a Japanese machine gun nest (at the cost of his life) in WWII
BgWAe TIL that eye tracking can not only be used in head-mounted devices, such as smart glasses and virtual reality headsets, but also through built-in cameras in laptops, tablets, and smartphones without requiring any additional hardware.