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TIL In November 1776, more than 500 loyalists in New York City signed a document known as the Declaration of Dependence—a defiant reply to the Declaration of Independence, which was signed nearly five months earlier.

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yEXM TIL when you become blackout drunk it’s not that you forget what happened later on, you were never creating memories to begin with
5B0r TIL that if you live in the UK and buy a device from Apple that becomes defective within SIX years of the date of delivery. Apple by law must replace/repair/exchange the goods for free. This also applies to other maufacturers
xVX07 TIL you don’t forget things you did when you were drunk, your brain just never recorded the memories as the events happened.
woZlo TIL about "Cool Japan", a Japanese government initiative since 2010 that aims to promote Japan's attractiveness abroad. It does this by focusing on the aspects of Japanese culture that non-Japanese people find "cool" such as anime, games, cuisine etc.
VKRm TIL that in the 60’s Ford was in talks to buy Ferrari but when Ferrari backed out at the last minute it enraged Ford so they built the GT40 to beat Ferrari at Le Mans. It went on to win 4 consecutive times.