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TIL that Chinese archeologists discovered a 2400-year-old bronze sword, untouched by corrosion, beautifully decorated and still sharp enough to cut with a touch.

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VMNrB TIL that Marvel's Star Lord was at one point not the only comic character to go by Star Lord. In 1978, a short lived British comic series called Starlord was published. Both Star Lords were not affiliated. However, Marvel's Star Lord debuted in 1976, making him the original, and the most popular.
OGeX4 TIL that every time you shuffle a deck of cards, chances are that the exact order of those cards has never existed before.
woymo TIL that a version of the Golden Rule can be found on ancient Egyptian papyrus from the Egyptian late period, which states "That which you hate to be done to you, do not do to another."
N8kP TIL in the 13th century, in order to discover which language humans would speak naturally, Frederick II, emperor of Germany, placed 50 newborns in the care of nurses who would only feed and bathe the babies but not speak or hold them. The emperor never got an answer because all of the infants died.
GYVBQ TIL When pursued by a predator, a fleeing quokka mother will eject her baby from her pouch as a decoy to escape