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TIL...Alexander the Great likely used linen armor called Linothorax, not bronze. The armor, made of many layers of linen glued together, is stronger, lighter and cooler than bronze and could have contributed to Alexander's success. https://t.co/imJ02VWSfg

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There's a plot of prime Tokyo real estate nobody will develop on because, after samurai was executed there, it's been connected to a bunch of weird accidents and deaths https://t.co/bVknvhtgQo

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About Keith Cutler, a judge summoned to be a juror on a case he was presiding over. When he applied to be excused from jury service he was initially declined, and was told to write to the resident judge, to which he replied: "I am the resident judge." https://t.co/orT2LQJe3J

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The term "student-athlete" was crafted by the NCAA in order to avoid paying workers' comp after a football player died from a head injury. https://t.co/gCRKgxi6N5

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50% of people get chills from listening to music https://t.co/UQ1t2MY1KG

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The longest anyone's been in a coma is 37 years and 111 days. A six year old girl was in hospital for a routine appendectomy, she went under general anaesthetic and never woke up. She was in a coma from August 6th 1941 to 1978. https://t.co/KTcWBdyWM4

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Flushing cat poop kills sea otters by infecting them with toxoplasmosis https://t.co/Ttobk8z4Nl

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Ketchup started as a Chinese fish-based sauce, then it was picked up by the British and made into a mushroom-based sauce, and finally picked up by the Americans and made into a tomato-based sauce. https://t.co/Y32YJloQQL

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Mongolian barbecue is not Mongolian - it was invented by a Taiwanese comedian/restaurateur. https://t.co/FC3ryQ566H

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About Seretse Khama, a Botswana monarch who was exiled after marrying a white woman. After his return as a private citizen, he started an independence movement, became a president and led Botswana to prosperity. https://t.co/D3TlVfNTtL

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Pirates didn't wear the eyepatches because of a lost eye, it was actually to be able to see below deck, where it was dark. https://t.co/luVbi3rR7J

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Gerbils are illegal as pets in California due to its climate being so similar to the gerbil's natural desert habitat that state officials are concerned that gerbils who escape or are released into the wild could establish feral colonies https://t.co/rpKQ4cEL3L

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Bees don't poop in the hive. Over the winter, it builds up because they stay out of the cold. On warm winter days, they will all fly out at the same time on what are called "cleansing flights." https://t.co/CwGAatE9Zs

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That, in 1803, an English town experienced so many ghost sightings that its citizens formed armed ghost-patrols to catch the spirit. The hunt ended when a bricklayer dressed in white was mistaken for the ghost and shot in the face. https://t.co/BahlGW4yL4

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800 years before the Black Death, the same bacteria cause plague in the Byzantine Empire. At it's peak, the plague killed 5,000 per day in Constantinople. https://t.co/PUFSB5MANh

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Haunted house attractions didn't really go mainstream in North America until the Great Depression, when parents began organizing haunted houses or trails to keep young men from causing trouble on All Hallow's Eve. https://t.co/7Yvw49Shjo

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About Thad Roberts, a NASA intern who stole millions of dollars worth of moon rocks with his girlfriend, had sex with her on top of the moon rocks, tried to sell the rocks, and ended up in prison. https://t.co/jD8rDbG1NW

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If a cat headbutts you the cat is marking you with their scent and headbutting is typically used for bonding and social purposes. https://t.co/BixIm3FuoU

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Honey bees aren't native to North America. When they arrived from Europe they spread out faster than the colonists, and Native Americans considered the appearance of the "white man's fly" to indicate the approach of European settlers https://t.co/TZ635AifbJ

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Michael Keaton's real name is Michael Douglas and to satisfy SAG rules he had to change it due to some obscure guy with the same name. https://t.co/nV4CFJmhj4