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TIL The Bush UK electronics brand is still in use and is owned by Argos

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jN1mj TIL the US Senate used the same gavel for 165 years until Richard Nixon cracked it
b9kwa TIL Isaac Newton once inserted a large sewing needle "betwixt my eye and bone as neare to [the] backside of my eye as I could", to observe its effect on vision
b9b1j TIL On August 10, 1519, the Spanish expedition departed from Sevilla in search of the Spice Islands. This voyage resulted in the first circumnavigation of Earth. The expedition was composed by 5 ships: Trinidad, San Antonio, Concepción, Victoria and Santiago, under Ferdinand Magellan's command.
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