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TIL Volkswagen used to award savings bonds to babies born in beetles.

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Z8QbR TIL the British Royal Navy has been instructed not to detain pirates of certain nationalities because the punishments for piracy in their home countries would make the pirates eligible for British asylum under British human rights legislation.
p60e TIL that the US government paid an average of $1.8 million to the families of the victims of 9/11
J1rbv TIL Jefferson Davis attempted to patent a steam-operated propeller invented by his slave, Ben Montgomery. Davis was denied because he was not the "true inventor." As President of the Confederacy, Davis signed a law that permitted the owner to apply to patent the invention of a slave.
x6POk TIL that the Great Vowel Shift in English is the reason why book and other words with long vowels is pronounced that way instead of It being pronounced “bo-uk”
1Ve8 TIL ancient Egyptians used meteorites as jewelry