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TIL Montezuma's Headdress/Crown still exists and is in Vienna.

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8bEG TIL “Testify” comes from the Latin word testis, which means “witness”. In ancient Rome, two men taking an oath of allegiance held each other’s testicles, and men held their own testicles as a sign of truthfulness while bearing witness in a public forum or court of law.
RkN1 TIL There is a German township that is entirely surrounded by Switzerland
OoAZR TIL Australian prime minister, Harold Holt, who went missing while swimming at the beach, had a pool named in his honour. The locals call it ‘Dead Harry's’.
NXG6N TIL Snoop Dogg was excommunicated by the Rastafari Council after his attempt to rebrand as Rastafarian "Snoop Lion"
ANwLn TIL: There is an official world record for time travel. It is held by cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, who has spent a total of 803 days in orbit around the Earth. According to Einstein's relativity theory, Sergei has traveled approximately 0.02 seconds forward in time.