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TIL “Tzar” is just Caesar in Russian.

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QN4JX TIL about the old Chinese custom of 'footbinding' (also known as lotus feet), and that it was seen as a mark of feminine beauty and a status symbol, raising marriage prospects. Feet were broken and bound together, ensuing in many deformities, infections, and disabilities.
a81eJ TIL In 1927 Italy, Giulio Canella, a M.I.A. soldier from WW1, was "found" alive in an asylum and reunited with his "family." But a court later found he was not Canella but Mario Bruneri, a wanted criminal. Canella's widow continued living with the man and insisted he was her husband until her death.
XEAMj TIL: During the times of Columbus there was a general consensus that the Earth was indeed NOT flat but Round & the myth that he set out to disprove flat-earthers was perpetuated by US authors of the 19th Century
Z8NLD TIL Sudan has more than 200 pyramids dating back to 5,000 years, some of them are at the risk of being buried by shifting sand dunes
OowjL TIL that an underachieving Princeton student wrote a term paper describing how to make a nuclear bomb. He got an A but his paper was taken away by the FBI.