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TIL that England's High Court of Chivalry hasn't sat since 1954, and that was the first time since 1737. Before it heard the case in 1954, the Court had to rule whether or not it still existed.

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woJ9M TIL pentagrams have been found on Sumerian pottery dating back to 3500 BCE
xrbw TIL of Heinrich Schliemann, who survived a shipwreck as a young boy, made a small fortune off the California gold rush, cornered the market in indigo dye and ammunition constituents in Russia during the Crimean War, was fluent in 14 languages, and excavated the site presumed to be Troy.
7r07 TIL nearly 60% of American college students are female; every state but Utah has more women than men in college
xVvE0 TIL that Homosexuality and homo-eroticism in China have been documented since ancient times and were regarded as a normal facet of life in China prior to Western influence from 1840 onward. There was even a matchmaker god for homosexual relationships whose temple was destroyed during WW2.
5vBk TIL On August 16, 2013, Google went down for 5 minutes and in that time, the global internet traffic dropped by 40%.