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TIL Giovanni Villani's chronicle documenting the history of Italy from ancient times until his contemporary 14th century ominously ends mid sentence as the author was describing the effects of the black death. The author himself also died of the plague

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J1gPj TIL People born in American Samoa, which has been held by the United States for more than 120 years, are not automatically citizens of the United States.
5men TIL early firefighters weren’t paid with cash, instead they first grabbed all valuable items out of the victims house or business, then would sell those items or keep them for themselves.
P1m8g TIL in a Study by Anthropic, Its AI (Claude) Attempted to Cheat Its Training Data and Steal Its Own Weights When Given the Opportunity to Do So
OGAk1 TIL that Andrew Johnson is the only United States President to serve as a senator after his term as president, with his term as Tennessee Senator lasting from March 4, 1875 until his death on July 31, 1875.
npZ9 TIL In 1975, two men got a marriage license in Colorado after the clerk couldn’t find a law against it. When they applied for a spouse’s visa, the U.S. government mailed a letter saying, “You have failed to establish that a bona fide marital relationship can exist between two faggots.”