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TIL there are six Celtic nations recognized by the Celtic League: Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, Wales, Cornwall, and Brittany

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XBER TIL that the ratification of the 19th amendment, which guaranteed women the right to vote, came down to the vote of one 24-year-old Tennessee representative who, at the last minute, decided to vote in favor of the amendment due to a note his mother had written asking him to change his vote
7vPM TIL the Christmas tree in London’s Trafalgar Square had been given by the country of Norway every year since 1947. It is a token of appreciation for the friendship of the British people during World War II.
mogo TIL the Roman senator Cato the Elder took the threat of Carthage so seriously that he would end all of his speeches, no matter the subject, with the phrase, “And, further, I think that Carthage should be destroyed.”
v1k7D TIL generic SNES space shooter “Phalanx” had an old man playing a banjo on the cover, not for any relation to the game itself, but purely as a marketing technique to differentiate itself in the crowded space shooter market. “Banjo man” does not appear in the game at any point.
ne7Ab TIL the Sand Octopus lacks color changing organs (chromatophores) so They shoot jets of water to create quick sand and then blast almost a foot into the ground... then they secrete a mucus to reinforce the walls of their predator proof bunker and use one arm to create a ventilation “chimney”