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TIL that the 365-day calendar we use today was invented by the ancient Egyptians.

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mPjy TIL that Elon Musk forewarned today’s failed rocket launch, stating “…Orbital Sciences… uses Russian rocket engines that were made in the ’60s…they start with engines that were literally made in the ’60s and, like, packed away in Siberia somewhere.”
D7rY TIL green bell peppers are just unripe red bell peppers
5Y8NR TIL when Flavor Flav was a child, he managed to both teach himself to play the piano at the age of 5 and set a house on fire while playing with a lighter.
nXO7 TIL during WWI, Romania decided to send its vast collection of treasure to Russia for safekeeping. In 1918, the new Soviet government cut all diplomatic ties and refused to return the treasure. Russia still holds the treasure valued at over $1.5 billion and has no intention of giving it back.
dA0r TIL that the entire country of Zimbabwe is worth approximately $217