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TIL that the Puritans got their name from their desire to have a completely Biblical "pure" church in England after the reformation.

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KYDVB TIL of „Joseph von Semlin“, one of the sons of Nader Shah of Persia, who was brought to Austria after his fathers assasination. He was given a noble title, converted to Catholicism and joined the Austrian military.
gM7RD TIL that the first person to die in the American Revolution was African-American.
kO89B TIL On April 30, 1961, Dr. Leonid Rogozov removed his own infected appendix at the Soviet Novolazarevskaja Research Station in Antarctica, as he was the only doctor there. The operation lasted one hour and 45 minutes and it was a success.
8e84G TIL that Barbed Wire was used as Telephone Line in rural America in the 19th Century