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TIL both the first and last rulers of Rome were named Romulus

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GAx9J TIL On Feb 22 2020, David Ayers (42 yr old) was the winning goalie for the Carolina Hurricanes against the Toronto Mapleleafs. He was a maintainence manager and Zamboni driver for a minor league team. He was asked to fill in for the starting and backup goalies who were injured.
JYe71 TIL that in approximately 8000 BC, the Mesopotamians began using clay tokens to count their agricultural and manufactured goods. Later they began placing these tokens inside large, hollow clay containers (bulla, or globular envelopes) which were then sealed.
4bO6 TIL that in 2010 starving bears in nothern Russia dug up coffins and ate the human corpses inside
GjmQ TIL that when Netflix became aware of the North Korean Netflix “Manbang”, they changed their Twitter bio to read “Manbang knockoff”.
w9n1 TIL most Boeing 777’s and 787’s have a secret stairway that leads to a set of windowless bedrooms for the crew. In the Boeing 777, pilots have their own overhead sleeping compartments which feature two roomy sleeping areas, two business-class seats, and enough room for a closet, sink, or lavatory.