On #ThisDayInHistory in 1924, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his workmen uncovered one of the greatest treasures – a stone sarcophagus containing a solid gold coffin that held the mummy of Tutankhamen.
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Sea otters have underarm pockets that they keep food and their favourite stones in.
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In 1954, Ernest Hemingway survived two plane crashes in two days. After the second crash, the writer was presumed dead, but walked out of the jungle the next day, still holding a bottle of gin.
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Your strongest music-related memories are formed around age 14.
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Dr John Kellogg invented cornflakes because he believed eating bland food would curb people’s urge to indulge in that most dangerous of pastimes, masturbation.
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According to a University of Edinburgh study, housecats' personalities are "strikingly similar" to lions'. https://t.co/4OqIUg4VDK
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Rats do favors for their friends in exchange for snacks. (Image: G. Scott Segler.) https://t.co/EIyuuP5Ai5
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Scottish Natural Heritage has specified that Loch Ness' Nessie is a rare species subject to conservation rules, and if she is found, she must be released back into the Loch unharmed. https://t.co/Js3P76yEQ8
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It’s almost impossible to tickle yourself, but one exception is lightly touching the roof of your mouth with your little finger.
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